Bay Shore vs Walloon Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Bay Shore and Walloon Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bay Shore has the higher population (607 vs 258 in Walloon Lake). Walloon Lake has the higher median household income ($84,250 vs $72,538 in Bay Shore). Walloon Lake has the higher median home value ($260,000 vs $116,300 in Bay Shore).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Shore	Walloon Lake
Population	607	258
Median age	51.3 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$72,538	$84,250
Median home value	$116,300	$260,000
Median gross rent	$1,125	—
Housing units	409	190
Homeownership rate	91.1%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Shore	Walloon Lake
Population	703 → 607 (-13.7%)	224 → 258 (+15.2%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $72,538 (+100.1%)	$66,154 → $84,250 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$128,100 → $116,300 (-9.2%)	$166,700 → $260,000 (+56.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,125 (+3.9%)	$1,000 → $1,307 (+30.7%)

Bay Shore

Population

703607

Median household income

$36,250$72,538

Median home value

$128,100$116,300

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,125

Walloon Lake

Population

224258

Median household income

$66,154$84,250

Median home value

$166,700$260,000

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,307

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Shore	Walloon Lake
Under 5	1.8%	0.8%
5 to 17	8.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	3.3%	0.8%
25 to 34	14.7%	6.2%
35 to 44	7.4%	14.3%
45 to 54	25.0%	20.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	8.5%
65 to 74	17.5%	14.7%
75 and over	7.9%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Shore	Walloon Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Shore	Walloon Lake
No high school diploma	7.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	18.5%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	48.2%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Shore	Walloon Lake
Drove alone	54.8%	78.9%
Carpooled	40.1%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Shore	Walloon Lake
1-unit, detached	44.5%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	55.5%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Bay Shore	Walloon Lake
Poverty rate	10.5%	3.1%
Average household size	1.94	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1992	1982