Menominee County vs Roscommon County

A side-by-side comparison of Menominee County and Roscommon County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Roscommon County has the higher population (23,639 vs 23,295 in Menominee County). Menominee County has the higher median household income ($55,688 vs $54,106 in Roscommon County). Roscommon County has the higher median home value ($148,000 vs $142,700 in Menominee County).

Population, income & housing

	Menominee County	Roscommon County
Population	23,295	23,639
Median age	49.9 yrs	57.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,688	$54,106
Median home value	$142,700	$148,000
Median gross rent	$675	$789
Housing units	13,261	23,170
Homeownership rate	80.4%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menominee County	Roscommon County
Population	23,074 → 23,295 (+1.0%)	23,851 → 23,639 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$46,828 → $55,688 (+18.9%)	$42,054 → $54,106 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$101,600 → $142,700 (+40.5%)	$108,200 → $148,000 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $675 (+16.8%)	$684 → $789 (+15.4%)

Menominee County

Population

23,07423,295

Median household income

$46,828$55,688

Median home value

$101,600$142,700

Median gross rent

$578$675

Roscommon County

Population

23,85123,639

Median household income

$42,054$54,106

Median home value

$108,200$148,000

Median gross rent

$684$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Menominee County	Roscommon County
Under 5	3.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	13.7%	10.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	4.9%
25 to 34	9.4%	8.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	8.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	16.9%	19.2%
65 to 74	15.8%	21.1%
75 and over	10.5%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menominee County	Roscommon County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menominee County	Roscommon County
No high school diploma	7.6%	9.2%
High school graduate	40.2%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menominee County	Roscommon County
Drove alone	76.6%	72.1%
Carpooled	10.2%	13.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	3.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.3%	10.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menominee County	Roscommon County
1-unit, detached	79.9%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	1.7%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Menominee County	Roscommon County
Poverty rate	12.2%	15.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1971	1976