Calhoun County vs Eaton County

A side-by-side comparison of Calhoun County and Eaton County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Calhoun County has the higher population (133,846 vs 109,000 in Eaton County). Eaton County has the higher median household income ($78,025 vs $60,385 in Calhoun County). Eaton County has the higher median home value ($206,700 vs $151,500 in Calhoun County).

Population, income & housing

	Calhoun County	Eaton County
Population	133,846	109,000
Median age	40.2 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,385	$78,025
Median home value	$151,500	$206,700
Median gross rent	$937	$1,042
Housing units	59,626	47,650
Homeownership rate	72.4%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calhoun County	Eaton County
Population	134,212 → 133,846 (-0.3%)	109,456 → 109,000 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$48,607 → $60,385 (+24.2%)	$64,348 → $78,025 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$110,000 → $151,500 (+37.7%)	$155,000 → $206,700 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$751 → $937 (+24.8%)	$858 → $1,042 (+21.4%)

Calhoun County

Population

134,212133,846

Median household income

$48,607$60,385

Median home value

$110,000$151,500

Median gross rent

$751$937

Eaton County

Population

109,456109,000

Median household income

$64,348$78,025

Median home value

$155,000$206,700

Median gross rent

$858$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calhoun County	Eaton County
Under 5	5.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.2%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.4%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.8%
75 and over	7.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calhoun County	Eaton County
White (non-Hispanic)	75.7%	80.6%
Black or African American	9.9%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	2.6%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calhoun County	Eaton County
No high school diploma	9.1%	5.5%
High school graduate	35.1%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calhoun County	Eaton County
Drove alone	80.4%	74.0%
Carpooled	8.4%	8.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.7%
Walked	2.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.2%	13.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calhoun County	Eaton County
1-unit, detached	73.6%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	10.6%
20 or more units	8.6%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Calhoun County	Eaton County
Poverty rate	14.2%	7.7%
Average household size	2.44	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1961	1976