Delta County vs Emmet County

A side-by-side comparison of Delta County and Emmet County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Delta County has the higher population (36,829 vs 34,159 in Emmet County). Emmet County has the higher median household income ($73,724 vs $54,829 in Delta County). Emmet County has the higher median home value ($275,300 vs $146,800 in Delta County).

Population, income & housing

	Delta County	Emmet County
Population	36,829	34,159
Median age	47.8 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,829	$73,724
Median home value	$146,800	$275,300
Median gross rent	$698	$1,033
Housing units	19,841	21,886
Homeownership rate	78.6%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delta County	Emmet County
Population	36,026 → 36,829 (+2.2%)	33,104 → 34,159 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$47,434 → $54,829 (+15.6%)	$55,829 → $73,724 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$114,300 → $146,800 (+28.4%)	$186,900 → $275,300 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $698 (+19.5%)	$818 → $1,033 (+26.3%)

Delta County

Population

36,02636,829

Median household income

$47,434$54,829

Median home value

$114,300$146,800

Median gross rent

$584$698

Emmet County

Population

33,10434,159

Median household income

$55,829$73,724

Median home value

$186,900$275,300

Median gross rent

$818$1,033

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delta County	Emmet County
Under 5	4.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.7%	14.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	15.5%	14.9%
75 and over	10.1%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delta County	Emmet County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	1.7%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.8%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delta County	Emmet County
No high school diploma	7.6%	4.0%
High school graduate	35.1%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delta County	Emmet County
Drove alone	80.8%	74.4%
Carpooled	9.5%	9.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.4%
Walked	2.3%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.7%
Worked from home	5.5%	9.3%
Other means	0.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delta County	Emmet County
1-unit, detached	78.5%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	8.9%
20 or more units	3.9%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Delta County	Emmet County
Poverty rate	14.0%	9.3%
Average household size	2.28	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1968	1985