L'Anse vs Three Lakes

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

L'Anse and Three Lakes 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 222 in Three Lakes). Three Lakes has the higher median household income ($105,833 vs $55,042 in L'Anse). Three Lakes has the higher median home value ($258,300 vs $100,100 in L'Anse).

Population, income & housing

	L'Anse	Three Lakes
Population	1,916	222
Median age	50.0 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,042	$105,833
Median home value	$100,100	$258,300
Median gross rent	$585	—
Housing units	981	256
Homeownership rate	68.7%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	L'Anse	Three Lakes
Population	2,063 → 1,916 (-7.1%)	175 → 222 (+26.9%)
Median household income	$42,750 → $55,042 (+28.8%)	$95,417 → $105,833 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$72,300 → $100,100 (+38.5%)	$246,200 → $258,300 (+4.9%)
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

Three Lakes

Population

175222

Median household income

$95,417$105,833

Median home value

$246,200$258,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	L'Anse	Three Lakes
Under 5	5.2%	0.9%
5 to 17	11.3%	5.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	9.2%	3.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	14.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	23.0%
65 to 74	16.0%	26.1%
75 and over	14.7%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	L'Anse	Three Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	94.6%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	L'Anse	Three Lakes
No high school diploma	6.4%	1.0%
High school graduate	33.5%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	L'Anse	Three Lakes
Drove alone	78.7%	65.6%
Carpooled	12.9%	24.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	10.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	L'Anse	Three Lakes
1-unit, detached	74.5%	94.9%
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%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	L'Anse	Three Lakes
Poverty rate	11.1%	3.2%
Average household size	1.97	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	19	43
Median year structure built	1963	1976