Three Lakes vs Zeba

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

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

Zeba has the higher population (353 vs 222 in Three Lakes). Three Lakes has the higher median household income ($105,833 vs $42,500 in Zeba). Three Lakes has the higher median home value ($258,300 vs $97,000 in Zeba).

Population, income & housing

	Three Lakes	Zeba
Population	222	353
Median age	60.5 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$105,833	$42,500
Median home value	$258,300	$97,000
Housing units	256	155
Homeownership rate	93.1%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Three Lakes	Zeba
Population	175 → 222 (+26.9%)	389 → 353 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$95,417 → $105,833 (+10.9%)	$39,500 → $42,500 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$246,200 → $258,300 (+4.9%)	$81,900 → $97,000 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$708 → $765 (+8.1%)

Three Lakes

Population

175222

Median household income

$95,417$105,833

Median home value

$246,200$258,300

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)

	Three Lakes	Zeba
Under 5	0.9%	2.3%
5 to 17	5.0%	20.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	15.3%
25 to 34	8.1%	6.5%
35 to 44	3.2%	7.9%
45 to 54	14.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	23.0%	17.6%
65 to 74	26.1%	12.5%
75 and over	10.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Three Lakes	Zeba
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	42.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	49.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Three Lakes	Zeba
No high school diploma	1.0%	17.7%
High school graduate	23.6%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Three Lakes	Zeba
Drove alone	65.6%	72.9%
Carpooled	24.4%	22.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Three Lakes	Zeba
1-unit, detached	94.9%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Three Lakes	Zeba
Poverty rate	3.2%	29.7%
Average household size	2.18	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	43	20
Median year structure built	1976	1978