Boyne Falls vs Walloon Lake

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

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

Boyne Falls has the higher population (315 vs 258 in Walloon Lake). Walloon Lake has the higher median household income ($84,250 vs $46,250 in Boyne Falls). Walloon Lake has the higher median home value ($260,000 vs $160,400 in Boyne Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Boyne Falls	Walloon Lake
Population	315	258
Median age	42.9 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$84,250
Median home value	$160,400	$260,000
Median gross rent	$821	—
Housing units	189	190
Homeownership rate	75.6%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyne Falls	Walloon Lake
Population	404 → 315 (-22.0%)	224 → 258 (+15.2%)
Median household income	$40,833 → $46,250 (+13.3%)	$66,154 → $84,250 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$105,800 → $160,400 (+51.6%)	$166,700 → $260,000 (+56.0%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $821 (+13.2%)	$1,000 → $1,307 (+30.7%)

Boyne Falls

Population

404315

Median household income

$40,833$46,250

Median home value

$105,800$160,400

Median gross rent

$725$821

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)

	Boyne Falls	Walloon Lake
Under 5	10.5%	0.8%
5 to 17	5.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	0.8%
25 to 34	18.7%	6.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	20.5%
55 to 64	15.9%	8.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	14.7%
75 and over	12.1%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyne Falls	Walloon Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyne Falls	Walloon Lake
No high school diploma	5.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	46.2%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyne Falls	Walloon Lake
Drove alone	84.8%	78.9%
Carpooled	2.8%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyne Falls	Walloon Lake
1-unit, detached	71.4%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	12.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Boyne Falls	Walloon Lake
Poverty rate	15.6%	3.1%
Average household size	1.92	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1961	1982