Norwood vs Walloon Lake

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

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

Walloon Lake has the higher population (258 vs 123 in Norwood). Walloon Lake has the higher median household income ($84,250 vs $72,500 in Norwood). Norwood has the higher median home value ($266,100 vs $260,000 in Walloon Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Norwood	Walloon Lake
Population	123	258
Median age	51.6 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$72,500	$84,250
Median home value	$266,100	$260,000
Housing units	113	190
Homeownership rate	94.4%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.3%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norwood	Walloon Lake
Population	195 → 123 (-36.9%)	224 → 258 (+15.2%)
Median household income	$67,031 → $72,500 (+8.2%)	$66,154 → $84,250 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$207,100 → $266,100 (+28.5%)	$166,700 → $260,000 (+56.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,000 → $1,307 (+30.7%)

Norwood

Population

195123

Median household income

$67,031$72,500

Median home value

$207,100$266,100

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)

	Norwood	Walloon Lake
Under 5	4.9%	0.8%
5 to 17	15.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	2.4%	0.8%
25 to 34	8.9%	6.2%
35 to 44	4.1%	14.3%
45 to 54	23.6%	20.5%
55 to 64	8.1%	8.5%
65 to 74	16.3%	14.7%
75 and over	16.3%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norwood	Walloon Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	95.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norwood	Walloon Lake
No high school diploma	3.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	27.4%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norwood	Walloon Lake
Drove alone	79.4%	78.9%
Carpooled	4.4%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norwood	Walloon Lake
1-unit, detached	97.3%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	12.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Norwood	Walloon Lake
Poverty rate	15.4%	3.1%
Average household size	2.28	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1982	1982