L'Anse vs Skanee

A side-by-side comparison of L'Anse and Skanee: population, income, housing, and more.

L'Anse and Skanee are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

L'Anse has the higher population (1,916 vs 105 in Skanee). Skanee has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $55,042 in L'Anse). Skanee has the higher median home value ($235,000 vs $100,100 in L'Anse).

Population, income & housing

	L'Anse	Skanee
Population	1,916	105
Median age	50.0 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,042	$81,250
Median home value	$100,100	$235,000
Median gross rent	$585	—
Housing units	981	112
Homeownership rate	68.7%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	L'Anse	Skanee
Population	2,063 → 1,916 (-7.1%)	78 → 105 (+34.6%)
Median household income	$42,750 → $55,042 (+28.8%)	$66,818 → $81,250 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$72,300 → $100,100 (+38.5%)	$187,500 → $235,000 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$534 → $585 (+9.6%)	—

L'Anse

Population

2,0631,916

Median household income

$42,750$55,042

Median home value

$72,300$100,100

Median gross rent

$534$585

Skanee

Population

78105

Median household income

$66,818$81,250

Median home value

$187,500$235,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	L'Anse	Skanee
Under 5	5.2%	9.5%
5 to 17	11.3%	3.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	4.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	18.1%
35 to 44	9.2%	3.8%
45 to 54	13.7%	20.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	9.5%
65 to 74	16.0%	8.6%
75 and over	14.7%	21.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	L'Anse	Skanee
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	91.4%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.8%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	8.6%
Two or more races	8.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	L'Anse	Skanee
No high school diploma	6.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	33.5%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	L'Anse	Skanee
Drove alone	78.7%	64.4%
Carpooled	12.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	35.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	L'Anse	Skanee
1-unit, detached	74.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	L'Anse	Skanee
Poverty rate	11.1%	3.8%
Average household size	1.97	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	19	36
Median year structure built	1963	1976