Central Lake vs Eastport

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

Central Lake and Eastport 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 369 in Eastport). Central Lake has the higher median household income ($58,900 vs $54,457 in Eastport). Eastport has the higher median home value ($506,900 vs $152,800 in Central Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Central Lake	Eastport
Population	976	369
Median age	31.2 yrs	66.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,900	$54,457
Median home value	$152,800	$506,900
Median gross rent	$994	—
Housing units	538	255
Homeownership rate	77.9%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central Lake	Eastport
Population	953 → 976 (+2.4%)	245 → 369 (+50.6%)
Median household income	$44,231 → $58,900 (+33.2%)	$81,563 → $54,457 (-33.2%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $152,800 (+81.0%)	$529,200 → $506,900 (-4.2%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $994 (+71.1%)	—

Central Lake

Population

953976

Median household income

$44,231$58,900

Median home value

$84,400$152,800

Median gross rent

$581$994

Eastport

Population

245369

Median household income

$81,563$54,457

Median home value

$529,200$506,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central Lake	Eastport
Under 5	8.1%	2.7%
5 to 17	24.7%	2.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	15.1%	9.8%
35 to 44	10.1%	6.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	2.4%
55 to 64	7.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	43.1%
75 and over	6.9%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central Lake	Eastport
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	5.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central Lake	Eastport
No high school diploma	4.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	39.4%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central Lake	Eastport
Drove alone	74.8%	47.9%
Carpooled	16.0%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	11.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	24.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central Lake	Eastport
1-unit, detached	87.4%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Central Lake	Eastport
Poverty rate	8.7%	14.6%
Average household size	2.83	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1973	1970