Iosco County vs Manistee County

A side-by-side comparison of Iosco County and Manistee County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Iosco County has the higher population (25,333 vs 25,247 in Manistee County). Manistee County has the higher median household income ($60,879 vs $47,777 in Iosco County). Manistee County has the higher median home value ($166,600 vs $122,900 in Iosco County).

Population, income & housing

	Iosco County	Manistee County
Population	25,333	25,247
Median age	53.5 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,777	$60,879
Median home value	$122,900	$166,600
Median gross rent	$659	$820
Housing units	19,978	15,631
Homeownership rate	82.9%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iosco County	Manistee County
Population	25,197 → 25,333 (+0.5%)	24,457 → 25,247 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$43,678 → $47,777 (+9.4%)	$50,055 → $60,879 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$92,600 → $122,900 (+32.7%)	$125,400 → $166,600 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $659 (+1.1%)	$716 → $820 (+14.5%)

Iosco County

Population

25,19725,333

Median household income

$43,678$47,777

Median home value

$92,600$122,900

Median gross rent

$652$659

Manistee County

Population

24,45725,247

Median household income

$50,055$60,879

Median home value

$125,400$166,600

Median gross rent

$716$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iosco County	Manistee County
Under 5	4.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	12.1%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	9.7%	10.5%
35 to 44	9.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	17.6%	16.4%
65 to 74	18.2%	16.5%
75 and over	12.3%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iosco County	Manistee County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iosco County	Manistee County
No high school diploma	10.9%	9.7%
High school graduate	36.9%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iosco County	Manistee County
Drove alone	78.8%	77.5%
Carpooled	8.9%	9.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	4.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.5%	10.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iosco County	Manistee County
1-unit, detached	81.8%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	1.5%
20 or more units	2.2%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Iosco County	Manistee County
Poverty rate	16.6%	11.8%
Average household size	2.19	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1972	1971