Bellaire vs Central Lake

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

Bellaire 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 929 in Bellaire). Central Lake has the higher median household income ($58,900 vs $53,750 in Bellaire). Bellaire has the higher median home value ($182,800 vs $152,800 in Central Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Bellaire	Central Lake
Population	929	976
Median age	45.1 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$58,900
Median home value	$182,800	$152,800
Median gross rent	$786	$994
Housing units	555	538
Homeownership rate	66.3%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellaire	Central Lake
Population	1,015 → 929 (-8.5%)	953 → 976 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$37,353 → $53,750 (+43.9%)	$44,231 → $58,900 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$109,800 → $182,800 (+66.5%)	$84,400 → $152,800 (+81.0%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $786 (+22.8%)	$581 → $994 (+71.1%)

Bellaire

Population

1,015929

Median household income

$37,353$53,750

Median home value

$109,800$182,800

Median gross rent

$640$786

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)

	Bellaire	Central Lake
Under 5	3.1%	8.1%
5 to 17	11.9%	24.7%
18 to 24	11.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.2%	15.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.1%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	17.8%	7.8%
65 to 74	14.5%	10.6%
75 and over	8.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellaire	Central Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellaire	Central Lake
No high school diploma	4.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	31.3%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellaire	Central Lake
Drove alone	65.9%	74.8%
Carpooled	5.5%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	3.6%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	5.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellaire	Central Lake
1-unit, detached	74.8%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Bellaire	Central Lake
Poverty rate	10.7%	8.7%
Average household size	1.94	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1971	1973