Paw Paw Lake vs St. Joseph

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

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

St. Joseph has the higher population (7,805 vs 3,794 in Paw Paw Lake). St. Joseph has the higher median household income ($77,765 vs $65,360 in Paw Paw Lake). St. Joseph has the higher median home value ($271,100 vs $191,100 in Paw Paw Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Paw Paw Lake	St. Joseph
Population	3,794	7,805
Median age	40.2 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,360	$77,765
Median home value	$191,100	$271,100
Median gross rent	$1,151	$1,079
Housing units	2,762	4,881
Homeownership rate	73.1%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	51.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paw Paw Lake	St. Joseph
Population	3,520 → 3,794 (+7.8%)	8,316 → 7,805 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$52,943 → $65,360 (+23.5%)	$62,374 → $77,765 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$126,200 → $191,100 (+51.4%)	$196,000 → $271,100 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $1,151 (+56.4%)	$774 → $1,079 (+39.4%)

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

St. Joseph

Population

8,3167,805

Median household income

$62,374$77,765

Median home value

$196,000$271,100

Median gross rent

$774$1,079

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paw Paw Lake	St. Joseph
Under 5	8.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	13.9%	10.3%
18 to 24	10.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	16.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.1%
45 to 54	6.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.3%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.4%
75 and over	13.5%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paw Paw Lake	St. Joseph
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	84.1%
Black or African American	1.8%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.5%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paw Paw Lake	St. Joseph
No high school diploma	9.1%	2.6%
High school graduate	36.3%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	20.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paw Paw Lake	St. Joseph
Drove alone	78.7%	75.4%
Carpooled	11.2%	2.6%
Public transit	1.2%	0.2%
Walked	2.4%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	6.6%	15.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paw Paw Lake	St. Joseph
1-unit, detached	81.3%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Paw Paw Lake	St. Joseph
Poverty rate	22.9%	7.1%
Average household size	2.31	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	32	15
Median year structure built	1960	1954