Horton Bay vs Walloon Lake

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

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

Horton Bay has the higher population (352 vs 258 in Walloon Lake). Walloon Lake has the higher median household income ($84,250 vs $76,833 in Horton Bay). Horton Bay has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $260,000 in Walloon Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Horton Bay	Walloon Lake
Population	352	258
Median age	64.7 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,833	$84,250
Median home value	$275,000	$260,000
Housing units	342	190
Homeownership rate	93.6%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Horton Bay	Walloon Lake
Population	510 → 352 (-31.0%)	224 → 258 (+15.2%)
Median household income	$64,000 → $76,833 (+20.1%)	$66,154 → $84,250 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$250,000 → $275,000 (+10.0%)	$166,700 → $260,000 (+56.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,000 → $1,307 (+30.7%)

Horton Bay

Population

510352

Median household income

$64,000$76,833

Median home value

$250,000$275,000

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)

	Horton Bay	Walloon Lake
Under 5	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 17	10.8%	20.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	0.8%
25 to 34	4.0%	6.2%
35 to 44	5.1%	14.3%
45 to 54	7.4%	20.5%
55 to 64	17.9%	8.5%
65 to 74	31.0%	14.7%
75 and over	18.2%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Horton Bay	Walloon Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Horton Bay	Walloon Lake
No high school diploma	1.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.0%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Horton Bay	Walloon Lake
Drove alone	84.7%	78.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Horton Bay	Walloon Lake
1-unit, detached	95.9%	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	4.1%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Horton Bay	Walloon Lake
Poverty rate	1.7%	3.1%
Average household size	1.87	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1980	1982