Pelkie vs Three Lakes

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

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

Three Lakes has the higher population (222 vs 32 in Pelkie). Since 2019, Three Lakes's population has grown faster (+26.9% vs -62.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Pelkie	Three Lakes
Population	32	222
Median age	57.6 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$105,833
Median home value	—	$258,300
Housing units	27	256
Homeownership rate	100.0%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pelkie	Three Lakes
Population	85 → 32 (-62.4%)	175 → 222 (+26.9%)
Median household income	—	$95,417 → $105,833 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$219,600 → $220,100 (+0.2%)	$246,200 → $258,300 (+4.9%)

Pelkie

Population

8532

Median home value

$219,600$220,100

Three Lakes

Population

175222

Median household income

$95,417$105,833

Median home value

$246,200$258,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pelkie	Three Lakes
Under 5	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	5.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	6.3%	8.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	3.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.9%
55 to 64	93.8%	23.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	26.1%
75 and over	0.0%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pelkie	Three Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pelkie	Three Lakes
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.0%
High school graduate	81.3%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pelkie	Three Lakes
Drove alone	100.0%	65.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	24.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pelkie	Three Lakes
1-unit, detached	100.0%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Pelkie	Three Lakes
Poverty rate	71.9%	3.2%
Average household size	1.19	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	—	43
Median year structure built	—	1976