Baraga County vs Montmorency County

A side-by-side comparison of Baraga County and Montmorency County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Montmorency County has the higher population (9,372 vs 8,249 in Baraga County). Baraga County has the higher median household income ($55,117 vs $47,803 in Montmorency County). Montmorency County has the higher median home value ($142,000 vs $124,400 in Baraga County).

Population, income & housing

	Baraga County	Montmorency County
Population	8,249	9,372
Median age	46.2 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,117	$47,803
Median home value	$124,400	$142,000
Median gross rent	$557	$811
Housing units	5,071	8,926
Homeownership rate	77.0%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baraga County	Montmorency County
Population	8,421 → 8,249 (-2.0%)	9,265 → 9,372 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$46,065 → $55,117 (+19.7%)	$41,772 → $47,803 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$102,200 → $124,400 (+21.7%)	$102,700 → $142,000 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$528 → $557 (+5.5%)	$668 → $811 (+21.4%)

Baraga County

Population

8,4218,249

Median household income

$46,065$55,117

Median home value

$102,200$124,400

Median gross rent

$528$557

Montmorency County

Population

9,2659,372

Median household income

$41,772$47,803

Median home value

$102,700$142,000

Median gross rent

$668$811

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baraga County	Montmorency County
Under 5	4.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	13.0%	11.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	7.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	8.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	19.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	20.7%
75 and over	9.0%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baraga County	Montmorency County
White (non-Hispanic)	71.8%	93.7%
Black or African American	6.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baraga County	Montmorency County
No high school diploma	7.9%	10.6%
High school graduate	39.1%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baraga County	Montmorency County
Drove alone	79.7%	78.3%
Carpooled	11.2%	9.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.0%	7.8%
Other means	1.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baraga County	Montmorency County
1-unit, detached	81.2%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.3%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Baraga County	Montmorency County
Poverty rate	13.5%	17.9%
Average household size	2.16	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1973	1975