Buchanan vs Paw Paw Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Buchanan and Paw Paw Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Buchanan and Paw Paw Lake are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Buchanan has the higher population (4,259 vs 3,794 in Paw Paw Lake). Paw Paw Lake has the higher median household income ($65,360 vs $54,068 in Buchanan). Paw Paw Lake has the higher median home value ($191,100 vs $138,400 in Buchanan).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan	Paw Paw Lake
Population	4,259	3,794
Median age	32.9 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,068	$65,360
Median home value	$138,400	$191,100
Median gross rent	$952	$1,151
Housing units	2,112	2,762
Homeownership rate	56.0%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan	Paw Paw Lake
Population	4,304 → 4,259 (-1.0%)	3,520 → 3,794 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$42,593 → $54,068 (+26.9%)	$52,943 → $65,360 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$109,700 → $138,400 (+26.2%)	$126,200 → $191,100 (+51.4%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $952 (+41.2%)	$736 → $1,151 (+56.4%)

Buchanan

Population

4,3044,259

Median household income

$42,593$54,068

Median home value

$109,700$138,400

Median gross rent

$674$952

Paw Paw Lake

Population

3,5203,794

Median household income

$52,943$65,360

Median home value

$126,200$191,100

Median gross rent

$736$1,151

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buchanan	Paw Paw Lake
Under 5	9.3%	8.4%
5 to 17	14.6%	13.9%
18 to 24	12.7%	10.8%
25 to 34	15.1%	11.3%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	6.0%
55 to 64	8.2%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.0%
75 and over	7.8%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan	Paw Paw Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	79.9%	87.2%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	3.3%
Two or more races	10.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan	Paw Paw Lake
No high school diploma	5.3%	9.1%
High school graduate	34.6%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	45.4%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan	Paw Paw Lake
Drove alone	80.8%	78.7%
Carpooled	11.7%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	2.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	6.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan	Paw Paw Lake
1-unit, detached	62.7%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	21.3%	0.5%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan	Paw Paw Lake
Poverty rate	6.7%	22.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	1958	1960