Lakes of the North vs Mancelona

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

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

Mancelona has the higher population (1,496 vs 1,076 in Lakes of the North). Lakes of the North has the higher median household income ($65,536 vs $50,430 in Mancelona). Lakes of the North has the higher median home value ($169,600 vs $123,900 in Mancelona).

Population, income & housing

	Lakes of the North	Mancelona
Population	1,076	1,496
Median age	54.7 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,536	$50,430
Median home value	$169,600	$123,900
Median gross rent	—	$956
Housing units	1,228	678
Homeownership rate	92.6%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakes of the North	Mancelona
Population	805 → 1,076 (+33.7%)	1,574 → 1,496 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$45,545 → $65,536 (+43.9%)	$41,283 → $50,430 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$92,900 → $169,600 (+82.6%)	$75,400 → $123,900 (+64.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$843 → $956 (+13.4%)

Lakes of the North

Population

8051,076

Median household income

$45,545$65,536

Median home value

$92,900$169,600

Mancelona

Population

1,5741,496

Median household income

$41,283$50,430

Median home value

$75,400$123,900

Median gross rent

$843$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakes of the North	Mancelona
Under 5	3.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	11.7%	16.5%
18 to 24	2.4%	13.6%
25 to 34	9.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	5.9%	15.4%
45 to 54	17.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	27.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	13.8%	7.8%
75 and over	7.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakes of the North	Mancelona
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakes of the North	Mancelona
No high school diploma	3.1%	15.4%
High school graduate	30.0%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakes of the North	Mancelona
Drove alone	93.0%	82.5%
Carpooled	2.3%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	2.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakes of the North	Mancelona
1-unit, detached	90.9%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakes of the North	Mancelona
Poverty rate	9.9%	12.2%
Average household size	2.04	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1990	1967