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Lake County, MI

12,393 Population
567.6 square miles 21.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.3 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,369 ±$1,373 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$49,680 ±$3,153 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

20.6% ±2.2% (2,489  ±267) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

30.3 minutes ±1.7 (116,150  ±8,980) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

4,931 ±142 Number of households
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.1 (12,096  ±12) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.8% ±2.3% (129  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

13,432 ±29 Number of housing units
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$122,900 ±$5,011 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

10.4% ±1.9% (1,283  ±230.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

82.6% ±3.6% (7,949  ±362.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
12.5% ±1.5% (1,202  ±140.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.2% (143  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.4% ±1% (883  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
883 Total veterans ±104 813 Male ±101 70 Female ±22

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