Baraga vs Three Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Baraga and Three Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Baraga has the higher population (1,948 vs 222 in Three Lakes). Three Lakes has the higher median household income ($105,833 vs $39,297 in Baraga). Three Lakes has the higher median home value ($258,300 vs $101,000 in Baraga).

Population, income & housing

	Baraga	Three Lakes
Population	1,948	222
Median age	37.5 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,297	$105,833
Median home value	$101,000	$258,300
Median gross rent	$434	—
Housing units	624	256
Homeownership rate	49.2%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baraga	Three Lakes
Population	2,142 → 1,948 (-9.1%)	175 → 222 (+26.9%)
Median household income	$30,667 → $39,297 (+28.1%)	$95,417 → $105,833 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$87,200 → $101,000 (+15.8%)	$246,200 → $258,300 (+4.9%)
Median gross rent	$481 → $434 (-9.8%)	—

Baraga

Population

2,1421,948

Median household income

$30,667$39,297

Median home value

$87,200$101,000

Median gross rent

$481$434

Three Lakes

Population

175222

Median household income

$95,417$105,833

Median home value

$246,200$258,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baraga	Three Lakes
Under 5	3.4%	0.9%
5 to 17	8.9%	5.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	24.2%	8.1%
35 to 44	21.7%	3.2%
45 to 54	9.3%	14.9%
55 to 64	9.8%	23.0%
65 to 74	9.1%	26.1%
75 and over	5.4%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baraga	Three Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	47.0%	94.6%
Black or African American	26.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	15.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baraga	Three Lakes
No high school diploma	11.6%	1.0%
High school graduate	54.3%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baraga	Three Lakes
Drove alone	86.6%	65.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	24.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	10.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baraga	Three Lakes
1-unit, detached	63.5%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Baraga	Three Lakes
Poverty rate	18.2%	3.2%
Average household size	1.91	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	10	43
Median year structure built	1973	1976