Coloma vs Lake Michigan Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Coloma and Lake Michigan Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coloma has the higher population (1,051 vs 914 in Lake Michigan Beach). Coloma has the higher median household income ($62,778 vs $61,250 in Lake Michigan Beach). Lake Michigan Beach has the higher median home value ($259,900 vs $160,400 in Coloma).

Population, income & housing

	Coloma	Lake Michigan Beach
Population	1,051	914
Median age	40.1 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,778	$61,250
Median home value	$160,400	$259,900
Median gross rent	$956	—
Housing units	542	952
Homeownership rate	67.0%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coloma	Lake Michigan Beach
Population	1,594 → 1,051 (-34.1%)	1,190 → 914 (-23.2%)
Median household income	$44,100 → $62,778 (+42.4%)	$61,667 → $61,250 (-0.7%)
Median home value	$106,100 → $160,400 (+51.2%)	$139,400 → $259,900 (+86.4%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $956 (+22.4%)	—

Coloma

Population

1,5941,051

Median household income

$44,100$62,778

Median home value

$106,100$160,400

Median gross rent

$781$956

Lake Michigan Beach

Population

1,190914

Median household income

$61,667$61,250

Median home value

$139,400$259,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coloma	Lake Michigan Beach
Under 5	8.3%	1.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	3.7%
35 to 44	15.7%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	16.1%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.4%
65 to 74	12.8%	29.0%
75 and over	5.5%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coloma	Lake Michigan Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	87.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	8.9%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coloma	Lake Michigan Beach
No high school diploma	5.8%	5.1%
High school graduate	38.0%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coloma	Lake Michigan Beach
Drove alone	83.6%	72.0%
Carpooled	4.1%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	9.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	5.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coloma	Lake Michigan Beach
1-unit, detached	76.8%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coloma	Lake Michigan Beach
Poverty rate	7.4%	4.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1956	1965