L'Anse vs Zeba

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

L'Anse and Zeba 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 353 in Zeba). L'Anse has the higher median household income ($55,042 vs $42,500 in Zeba). L'Anse has the higher median home value ($100,100 vs $97,000 in Zeba).

Population, income & housing

	L'Anse	Zeba
Population	1,916	353
Median age	50.0 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,042	$42,500
Median home value	$100,100	$97,000
Median gross rent	$585	—
Housing units	981	155
Homeownership rate	68.7%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	L'Anse	Zeba
Population	2,063 → 1,916 (-7.1%)	389 → 353 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$42,750 → $55,042 (+28.8%)	$39,500 → $42,500 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$72,300 → $100,100 (+38.5%)	$81,900 → $97,000 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$534 → $585 (+9.6%)	$708 → $765 (+8.1%)

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

Zeba

Population

389353

Median household income

$39,500$42,500

Median home value

$81,900$97,000

Median gross rent

$708$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	L'Anse	Zeba
Under 5	5.2%	2.3%
5 to 17	11.3%	20.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	15.3%
25 to 34	11.0%	6.5%
35 to 44	9.2%	7.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	17.6%
65 to 74	16.0%	12.5%
75 and over	14.7%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	L'Anse	Zeba
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	42.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.8%	49.3%
Asian	1.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	L'Anse	Zeba
No high school diploma	6.4%	17.7%
High school graduate	33.5%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	L'Anse	Zeba
Drove alone	78.7%	72.9%
Carpooled	12.9%	22.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	2.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	L'Anse	Zeba
1-unit, detached	74.5%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	L'Anse	Zeba
Poverty rate	11.1%	29.7%
Average household size	1.97	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1963	1978