Fair Plain vs Paw Paw Lake

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

Fair Plain 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.

Fair Plain has the higher population (6,992 vs 3,794 in Paw Paw Lake). Paw Paw Lake has the higher median household income ($65,360 vs $55,536 in Fair Plain). Paw Paw Lake has the higher median home value ($191,100 vs $147,800 in Fair Plain).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Plain	Paw Paw Lake
Population	6,992	3,794
Median age	42.5 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,536	$65,360
Median home value	$147,800	$191,100
Median gross rent	$989	$1,151
Housing units	3,435	2,762
Homeownership rate	73.7%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Plain	Paw Paw Lake
Population	7,076 → 6,992 (-1.2%)	3,520 → 3,794 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$38,494 → $55,536 (+44.3%)	$52,943 → $65,360 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $147,800 (+49.1%)	$126,200 → $191,100 (+51.4%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $989 (+26.1%)	$736 → $1,151 (+56.4%)

Fair Plain

Population

7,0766,992

Median household income

$38,494$55,536

Median home value

$99,100$147,800

Median gross rent

$784$989

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)

	Fair Plain	Paw Paw Lake
Under 5	6.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	10.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	10.8%
25 to 34	15.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.6%	6.0%
55 to 64	16.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	13.2%	9.0%
75 and over	4.8%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Plain	Paw Paw Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	48.4%	87.2%
Black or African American	38.3%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	3.3%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Plain	Paw Paw Lake
No high school diploma	11.2%	9.1%
High school graduate	31.7%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Plain	Paw Paw Lake
Drove alone	83.5%	78.7%
Carpooled	7.4%	11.2%
Public transit	1.3%	1.2%
Walked	0.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	6.6%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Plain	Paw Paw Lake
1-unit, detached	82.8%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	0.5%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Fair Plain	Paw Paw Lake
Poverty rate	22.9%	22.9%
Average household size	2.23	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	1960	1960