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Lake County, MI

12,563 Population
567.6 square miles 22.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.5 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,058 ±$1,397 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,805 ±$2,404 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.5% ±2.3% (2,514  ±276) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

34 minutes ±2.4 (136,295  ±12,501) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,190 ±170 Number of households
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (12,270  ±13) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±1.9% (82  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

13,461 ±70 Number of housing units
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$133,900 ±$9,291 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.3% ±1.7% (1,285  ±209.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.7% ±3.7% (8,296  ±375.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.7% ±1.4% (1,233  ±133.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1% (123  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.4% ±1.1% (896  ±114) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
896 Total veterans ±114 858 Male ±108 38 Female ±16

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