Delta County vs Houghton County

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

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

Houghton County has the higher population (37,428 vs 36,829 in Delta County). Houghton County has the higher median household income ($56,573 vs $54,829 in Delta County). Delta County has the higher median home value ($146,800 vs $140,300 in Houghton County).

Population, income & housing

	Delta County	Houghton County
Population	36,829	37,428
Median age	47.8 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,829	$56,573
Median home value	$146,800	$140,300
Median gross rent	$698	$767
Housing units	19,841	18,781
Homeownership rate	78.6%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delta County	Houghton County
Population	36,026 → 36,829 (+2.2%)	36,070 → 37,428 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$47,434 → $54,829 (+15.6%)	$43,183 → $56,573 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$114,300 → $146,800 (+28.4%)	$108,700 → $140,300 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $698 (+19.5%)	$640 → $767 (+19.8%)

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

Houghton County

Population

36,07037,428

Median household income

$43,183$56,573

Median home value

$108,700$140,300

Median gross rent

$640$767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delta County	Houghton County
Under 5	4.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	22.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	8.9%
55 to 64	15.7%	11.1%
65 to 74	15.5%	10.3%
75 and over	10.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delta County	Houghton County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.5%
Asian	0.3%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delta County	Houghton County
No high school diploma	7.6%	5.5%
High school graduate	35.1%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delta County	Houghton County
Drove alone	80.8%	65.4%
Carpooled	9.5%	9.9%
Public transit	0.5%	2.1%
Walked	2.3%	10.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	9.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delta County	Houghton County
1-unit, detached	78.5%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	5.2%
20 or more units	3.9%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Delta County	Houghton County
Poverty rate	14.0%	15.9%
Average household size	2.28	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1968	1959