Village · Antrim County, Michigan

Mancelona, Michigan

Mancelona is a village in Antrim County, Michigan. It has 1,476 residents. Mancelona, Michigan has a quality-of-life score of 49 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,026 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Michigan it ranks #176 of 444 cities and towns. It ranks best on voter turnout (high), drought exposure (low) and rent-burdened households (low). It ranks worst on distance to an airport (high), average weekly wage (low) and bachelor's degree or higher (low).

49Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,026 of 15,651 cities and towns
Michigan: #176 of 444 in MI
Population: 1,476 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,469.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 2650620

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety62#5,969/15,637
Economy23#12,074/15,631
Housing97#524/14,977
Health35#10,129/15,609
Healthcare16#13,200/15,650
Environment76#3,777/15,453
Education6#14,693/15,649
Infrastructure20#12,473/15,650
Community82#2,789/15,651
Leisure & amenities89#1,790/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Mancelona, Michigan ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Antrim County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Voter turnout · high85.9%
99/100Michigan 74.6%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionAntrim County value
Drought exposure · low0%
98/100Michigan 13%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAntrim County value
Rent-burdened households · low14.3%
95/100Michigan 50.4%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070High uncertainty
Property crime rate · low409 /100k
93/100Michigan 1,259 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureAntrim County value
Rent as share of income · low23.1%
92/100Michigan 30.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Child care cost burden · low21.0%
92/100Michigan 25.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAntrim County value

Weaknesses

Distance to an airport · high146 mi
3/100Michigan 44 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAntrim County value
Average weekly wage · low$853
3/100Michigan $1,362United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAntrim County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low7.1%
3/100Michigan 32.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Distance to an Amtrak station · high142 mi
5/100Michigan 25 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAntrim County value
Depression · high29.9%
6/100Michigan 26.5%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Distance to an emergency room · high16.2 mi
6/100Michigan 5.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAntrim County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,574 (2015-2019) → 1,476 (2020-2024)
−6.2%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
90.4% (2015-2019) → 14.3% (2020-2024)
−76 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
46.5% (2015-2019) → 23.1% (2020-2024)
−23 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Poverty rateImproving
28.8% (2015-2019) → 16.8% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
34.8% (2015-2019) → 24.5% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.8× (2015-2019) → 2.5× (2020-2024)
+39%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Mancelona, Michigan improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Rent / income−23 points46.5% → 23.1%
Household income+25%$41,283 → $51,691

Declined2

Uninsured+7.1 points4.8% → 12.0%
Price / income+0.7×1.8× → 2.5×

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Mancelona, Michigan between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.1 min2015-2019	23.5 min2020-2024	−0.6 min	Within the margin of error	55%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%2015-2019	7.1%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Broadband subscriptions	82.8%2015-2019	88.8%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Child poverty rate	34.8%2015-2019	24.5%2020-2024	−10 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Effective property tax rate	1.52%2015-2019	1.27%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	67%
High school diploma or higher	84.0%2015-2019	84.4%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	35%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4662015-2019	0.3812020-2024	−0.085	Within the margin of error	93%
Median household income	$41,2832015-2019	$51,6912020-2024	+25%	Improved	44%
Poverty rate	28.8%2015-2019	16.8%2020-2024	−12 points	Within the margin of error	95%
Rent as share of income	46.5%2015-2019	23.1%2020-2024	−23 points	Improved	99%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.8%2015-2019	12.0%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Declined	6%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Mancelona, Michigan five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mancelona, Michigan in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Mancelona, Michigan itself moved +11.1 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,476 residents (±214)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

560 households (±94)

Mancelona, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $25k14%†76
$25k–50k32%†181
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

560 households (±94)

Mancelona, Michigan
Michigan share

Own69%386
Rent31%†174

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

626 workers (±111)

Mancelona, Michigan
Michigan share

Drive alone81%505
Carpool14%†88
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Antrim County, the county holding most of Mancelona's residents.

Antrim County has 625 employer establishments, 256 for every 10,000 residents (1.03× the US rate of 248; 1.12× Michigan's), with 4,502 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,845. The Census Bureau also counts 2,232 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 625; 2,232 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 256; US 248 · Michigan 228
Paid employees: 4,502
Average annual pay: $45,845; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Antrim County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	53	21.7	1.40×More than typical	224	$58,683	252
Restaurants and other eating places	42	17.2	0.94×About typical	518	$30,145	—
Construction of buildings	38	15.6	2.06×More than typical	170	$53,888	143
Lessors of real estate	30	12.3	1.00×About typical	117	$41,274	258
Full-service restaurants	25	10.2	1.33×More than typical	371	$32,660	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	25	10.2	1.52×More than typical	26	$81,269	244
Building equipment contractors	23	9.4	1.57×More than typical	130	$58,969	44
Religious organizations	23	9.4	1.70×More than typical	64	$17,672	—
Landscaping services	20	8.2	2.34×More than typical	21	$96,810	59
Ambulatory health care services	18	7.4	0.35×Fewer than typical	134	$55,881	68
Automotive repair and maintenance	16	6.6	1.30×More than typical	81	$47,531	20
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	14	5.7	2.16×More than typical	57	$53,456	16

Rank places for an industry Open Antrim County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 24,416 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Mancelona is mostly in Antrim County.

See federal money in Antrim County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Mancelona, Michigan is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Jack BergmanR-MI-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.4%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Antrim County78100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Antrim County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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