Paw Paw Lake vs Watervliet

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

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

Paw Paw Lake has the higher population (3,794 vs 1,879 in Watervliet). Paw Paw Lake has the higher median household income ($65,360 vs $57,477 in Watervliet). Paw Paw Lake has the higher median home value ($191,100 vs $130,000 in Watervliet).

Population, income & housing

	Paw Paw Lake	Watervliet
Population	3,794	1,879
Median age	40.2 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,360	$57,477
Median home value	$191,100	$130,000
Median gross rent	$1,151	$838
Housing units	2,762	707
Homeownership rate	73.1%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paw Paw Lake	Watervliet
Population	3,520 → 3,794 (+7.8%)	1,544 → 1,879 (+21.7%)
Median household income	$52,943 → $65,360 (+23.5%)	$37,614 → $57,477 (+52.8%)
Median home value	$126,200 → $191,100 (+51.4%)	$99,400 → $130,000 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $1,151 (+56.4%)	$702 → $838 (+19.4%)

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

Watervliet

Population

1,5441,879

Median household income

$37,614$57,477

Median home value

$99,400$130,000

Median gross rent

$702$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paw Paw Lake	Watervliet
Under 5	8.4%	12.0%
5 to 17	13.9%	19.2%
18 to 24	10.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.3%	15.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.6%
45 to 54	6.0%	9.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	5.4%
75 and over	13.5%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paw Paw Lake	Watervliet
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	72.2%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.3%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	21.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paw Paw Lake	Watervliet
No high school diploma	9.1%	16.2%
High school graduate	36.3%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paw Paw Lake	Watervliet
Drove alone	78.7%	82.1%
Carpooled	11.2%	15.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paw Paw Lake	Watervliet
1-unit, detached	81.3%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Paw Paw Lake	Watervliet
Poverty rate	22.9%	18.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	32	20
Median year structure built	1960	1958