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Wolf Lake, MI

4,802 Population
3.5 square miles 1,355.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.7 ±3.4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$21,875 ±$2,468 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: $32,307 ±$980
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$49,005 ±$4,659 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: $63,495 ±$1,493
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

14.6% ±6.1% (702  ±309) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 12.6% 21,347 (±1% / ±1,619)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

24 minutes ±6 (49,770  ±16,362) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 22.3 1,589,065 (±0.6 / ±54,875)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

1,766 ±212 Number of households
  • the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 67,112 ±563
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.7 ±0.2 (4,774  ±668) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 2.5 169,545 (±0 / ±138)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,793 ±213 Number of housing units
  • the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 74,969 ±98
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$99,800 ±$18,743 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: $180,900 ±$3,836
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

9.2% ±7.9% (441  ±382.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 12.3% 21,458 (±0.9% / ±1,636)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

86.3% ±6.9% (2,493  ±466) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 92.5% 112,296 (±1.8% / ±2,167.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
6.2% ±3.9% (180  ±115.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 21.5% 26,037 (±0.9% / ±1,046.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)

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

0.6% ±0.7% (27  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 2.1% 3,588
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

7.8% ±4.2% (286  ±161) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area: 7.7% 10,359 (±0.5% / ±615)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
286 Total veterans ±161 274 Male ±159 12 Female ±20

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