Bellaire vs Lakes of the North

A side-by-side comparison of Bellaire and Lakes of the North: population, income, housing, and more.

Bellaire and Lakes of the North are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lakes of the North has the higher population (1,076 vs 929 in Bellaire). Lakes of the North has the higher median household income ($65,536 vs $53,750 in Bellaire). Bellaire has the higher median home value ($182,800 vs $169,600 in Lakes of the North).

Population, income & housing

	Bellaire	Lakes of the North
Population	929	1,076
Median age	45.1 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$65,536
Median home value	$182,800	$169,600
Median gross rent	$786	—
Housing units	555	1,228
Homeownership rate	66.3%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellaire	Lakes of the North
Population	1,015 → 929 (-8.5%)	805 → 1,076 (+33.7%)
Median household income	$37,353 → $53,750 (+43.9%)	$45,545 → $65,536 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$109,800 → $182,800 (+66.5%)	$92,900 → $169,600 (+82.6%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $786 (+22.8%)	—

Bellaire

Population

1,015929

Median household income

$37,353$53,750

Median home value

$109,800$182,800

Median gross rent

$640$786

Lakes of the North

Population

8051,076

Median household income

$45,545$65,536

Median home value

$92,900$169,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellaire	Lakes of the North
Under 5	3.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.9%	11.7%
18 to 24	11.9%	2.4%
25 to 34	12.2%	9.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	5.9%
45 to 54	9.8%	17.1%
55 to 64	17.8%	27.8%
65 to 74	14.5%	13.8%
75 and over	8.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellaire	Lakes of the North
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
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%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellaire	Lakes of the North
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.1%
High school graduate	31.3%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellaire	Lakes of the North
Drove alone	65.9%	93.0%
Carpooled	5.5%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	4.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellaire	Lakes of the North
1-unit, detached	74.8%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Bellaire	Lakes of the North
Poverty rate	10.7%	9.9%
Average household size	1.94	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	17	33
Median year structure built	1971	1990