Alden vs Central Lake

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

Alden 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 92 in Alden). Central Lake has the higher median household income ($58,900 vs $55,893 in Alden). Alden has the higher median home value ($171,900 vs $152,800 in Central Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Alden	Central Lake
Population	92	976
Median age	54.5 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,893	$58,900
Median home value	$171,900	$152,800
Median gross rent	—	$994
Housing units	141	538
Homeownership rate	73.6%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alden	Central Lake
Population	125 → 92 (-26.4%)	953 → 976 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $55,893 (-0.6%)	$44,231 → $58,900 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$175,000 → $171,900 (-1.8%)	$84,400 → $152,800 (+81.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$581 → $994 (+71.1%)

Alden

Population

12592

Median household income

$56,250$55,893

Median home value

$175,000$171,900

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)

	Alden	Central Lake
Under 5	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 17	9.8%	24.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	15.1%
35 to 44	15.2%	10.1%
45 to 54	26.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	15.2%	7.8%
65 to 74	20.7%	10.6%
75 and over	6.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alden	Central Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alden	Central Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	35.1%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alden	Central Lake
Drove alone	35.7%	74.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	33.3%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.0%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alden	Central Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Alden	Central Lake
Poverty rate	0.0%	8.7%
Average household size	1.74	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1953	1973