Arenac County vs Crawford County

A side-by-side comparison of Arenac County and Crawford County: population, income, housing, and more.

Arenac County and Crawford County are counties in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arenac County has the higher population (15,054 vs 13,271 in Crawford County). Crawford County has the higher median household income ($58,614 vs $56,989 in Arenac County). Crawford County has the higher median home value ($149,900 vs $129,000 in Arenac County).

Population, income & housing

	Arenac County	Crawford County
Population	15,054	13,271
Median age	50.1 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,989	$58,614
Median home value	$129,000	$149,900
Median gross rent	$741	$825
Housing units	9,536	10,268
Homeownership rate	85.7%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arenac County	Crawford County
Population	15,070 → 15,054 (-0.1%)	13,892 → 13,271 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$42,290 → $56,989 (+34.8%)	$47,977 → $58,614 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$94,400 → $129,000 (+36.7%)	$105,000 → $149,900 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $741 (+22.7%)	$735 → $825 (+12.2%)

Arenac County

Population

15,07015,054

Median household income

$42,290$56,989

Median home value

$94,400$129,000

Median gross rent

$604$741

Crawford County

Population

13,89213,271

Median household income

$47,977$58,614

Median home value

$105,000$149,900

Median gross rent

$735$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arenac County	Crawford County
Under 5	4.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.9%	13.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.8%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	17.6%	18.5%
65 to 74	16.7%	16.1%
75 and over	9.7%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arenac County	Crawford County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arenac County	Crawford County
No high school diploma	11.4%	8.6%
High school graduate	36.1%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arenac County	Crawford County
Drove alone	80.7%	78.4%
Carpooled	7.7%	10.2%
Public transit	0.3%	1.3%
Walked	2.5%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.9%	5.8%
Other means	1.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arenac County	Crawford County
1-unit, detached	81.7%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.7%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Arenac County	Crawford County
Poverty rate	13.4%	14.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1977	1980