Keweenaw County vs Schoolcraft County

A side-by-side comparison of Keweenaw County and Schoolcraft County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Schoolcraft County has the higher population (8,093 vs 2,106 in Keweenaw County). Schoolcraft County has the higher median household income ($57,708 vs $53,893 in Keweenaw County). Keweenaw County has the higher median home value ($181,400 vs $123,500 in Schoolcraft County).

Population, income & housing

	Keweenaw County	Schoolcraft County
Population	2,106	8,093
Median age	56.7 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,893	$57,708
Median home value	$181,400	$123,500
Median gross rent	$679	$654
Housing units	2,292	5,947
Homeownership rate	91.7%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.6%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keweenaw County	Schoolcraft County
Population	2,111 → 2,106 (-0.2%)	8,048 → 8,093 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$50,292 → $53,893 (+7.2%)	$45,500 → $57,708 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$121,100 → $181,400 (+49.8%)	$109,900 → $123,500 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $679 (+29.3%)	$571 → $654 (+14.5%)

Keweenaw County

Population

2,1112,106

Median household income

$50,292$53,893

Median home value

$121,100$181,400

Median gross rent

$525$679

Schoolcraft County

Population

8,0488,093

Median household income

$45,500$57,708

Median home value

$109,900$123,500

Median gross rent

$571$654

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Keweenaw County	Schoolcraft County
Under 5	3.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	11.6%	13.3%
18 to 24	0.8%	5.4%
25 to 34	12.9%	8.4%
35 to 44	8.4%	9.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.0%
55 to 64	16.3%	18.5%
65 to 74	21.2%	17.7%
75 and over	14.8%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keweenaw County	Schoolcraft County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	84.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	6.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keweenaw County	Schoolcraft County
No high school diploma	2.5%	10.3%
High school graduate	27.0%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keweenaw County	Schoolcraft County
Drove alone	65.7%	80.4%
Carpooled	6.3%	10.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	8.5%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	16.9%	3.7%
Other means	2.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keweenaw County	Schoolcraft County
1-unit, detached	94.5%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Keweenaw County	Schoolcraft County
Poverty rate	8.7%	14.8%
Average household size	1.92	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1964	1972