Niles vs Paw Paw Lake

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

Niles 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.

Niles has the higher population (11,838 vs 3,794 in Paw Paw Lake). Paw Paw Lake has the higher median household income ($65,360 vs $47,815 in Niles). Paw Paw Lake has the higher median home value ($191,100 vs $115,400 in Niles).

Population, income & housing

	Niles	Paw Paw Lake
Population	11,838	3,794
Median age	39.2 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,815	$65,360
Median home value	$115,400	$191,100
Median gross rent	$869	$1,151
Housing units	5,471	2,762
Homeownership rate	62.8%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Niles	Paw Paw Lake
Population	11,211 → 11,838 (+5.6%)	3,520 → 3,794 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$34,486 → $47,815 (+38.7%)	$52,943 → $65,360 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$85,400 → $115,400 (+35.1%)	$126,200 → $191,100 (+51.4%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $869 (+36.9%)	$736 → $1,151 (+56.4%)

Niles

Population

11,21111,838

Median household income

$34,486$47,815

Median home value

$85,400$115,400

Median gross rent

$635$869

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)

	Niles	Paw Paw Lake
Under 5	5.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	13.9%
18 to 24	10.1%	10.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	6.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.0%
75 and over	9.6%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Niles	Paw Paw Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	87.2%
Black or African American	12.5%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	3.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Niles	Paw Paw Lake
No high school diploma	9.5%	9.1%
High school graduate	35.0%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Niles	Paw Paw Lake
Drove alone	81.2%	78.7%
Carpooled	10.8%	11.2%
Public transit	0.3%	1.2%
Walked	1.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	6.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Niles	Paw Paw Lake
1-unit, detached	67.1%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	0.5%
20 or more units	12.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Niles	Paw Paw Lake
Poverty rate	20.9%	22.9%
Average household size	2.27	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1954	1960