Cheboygan County vs Dickinson County

A side-by-side comparison of Cheboygan County and Dickinson County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dickinson County has the higher population (25,940 vs 25,778 in Cheboygan County). Dickinson County has the higher median household income ($61,882 vs $61,619 in Cheboygan County). Cheboygan County has the higher median home value ($175,200 vs $130,300 in Dickinson County).

Population, income & housing

	Cheboygan County	Dickinson County
Population	25,778	25,940
Median age	51.9 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,619	$61,882
Median home value	$175,200	$130,300
Median gross rent	$822	$744
Housing units	17,742	13,941
Homeownership rate	85.0%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheboygan County	Dickinson County
Population	25,418 → 25,778 (+1.4%)	25,439 → 25,940 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$48,044 → $61,619 (+28.3%)	$51,645 → $61,882 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$130,900 → $175,200 (+33.8%)	$101,800 → $130,300 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $822 (+17.6%)	$665 → $744 (+11.9%)

Cheboygan County

Population

25,41825,778

Median household income

$48,044$61,619

Median home value

$130,900$175,200

Median gross rent

$699$822

Dickinson County

Population

25,43925,940

Median household income

$51,645$61,882

Median home value

$101,800$130,300

Median gross rent

$665$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheboygan County	Dickinson County
Under 5	4.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	11.7%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.6%	10.2%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	17.2%	16.6%
65 to 74	17.7%	13.7%
75 and over	10.8%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheboygan County	Dickinson County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	0.4%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheboygan County	Dickinson County
No high school diploma	10.3%	4.2%
High school graduate	34.7%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheboygan County	Dickinson County
Drove alone	76.6%	79.8%
Carpooled	11.2%	8.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.4%
Walked	0.8%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.8%	7.9%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheboygan County	Dickinson County
1-unit, detached	86.5%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.4%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Cheboygan County	Dickinson County
Poverty rate	12.8%	9.8%
Average household size	2.37	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1980	1970