Alba vs Central Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Alba and Central Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Alba and Central Lake are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Central Lake has the higher population (976 vs 304 in Alba). Alba has the higher median household income ($91,458 vs $58,900 in Central Lake). Central Lake has the higher median home value ($152,800 vs $48,600 in Alba).

Population, income & housing

	Alba	Central Lake
Population	304	976
Median age	35.0 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$91,458	$58,900
Median home value	$48,600	$152,800
Median gross rent	—	$994
Housing units	153	538
Homeownership rate	88.5%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alba	Central Lake
Population	342 → 304 (-11.1%)	953 → 976 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$46,375 → $91,458 (+97.2%)	$44,231 → $58,900 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$52,700 → $48,600 (-7.8%)	$84,400 → $152,800 (+81.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$581 → $994 (+71.1%)

Alba

Population

342304

Median household income

$46,375$91,458

Median home value

$52,700$48,600

Central Lake

Population

953976

Median household income

$44,231$58,900

Median home value

$84,400$152,800

Median gross rent

$581$994

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alba	Central Lake
Under 5	13.5%	8.1%
5 to 17	8.6%	24.7%
18 to 24	2.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	25.3%	15.1%
35 to 44	19.4%	10.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	18.4%	7.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.6%
75 and over	2.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alba	Central Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alba	Central Lake
No high school diploma	7.4%	4.9%
High school graduate	37.4%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alba	Central Lake
Drove alone	81.8%	74.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.9%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alba	Central Lake
1-unit, detached	83.0%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Alba	Central Lake
Poverty rate	8.9%	8.7%
Average household size	2.69	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1958	1973