St. James vs Walloon Lake

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

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

St. James has the higher population (259 vs 258 in Walloon Lake). Walloon Lake has the higher median household income ($84,250 vs $82,708 in St. James). St. James has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $260,000 in Walloon Lake).

Population, income & housing

	St. James	Walloon Lake
Population	259	258
Median age	54.8 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,708	$84,250
Median home value	$275,000	$260,000
Median gross rent	$925	—
Housing units	246	190
Homeownership rate	89.0%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	20.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. James	Walloon Lake
Population	171 → 259 (+51.5%)	224 → 258 (+15.2%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $82,708 (+81.3%)	$66,154 → $84,250 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$227,800 → $275,000 (+20.7%)	$166,700 → $260,000 (+56.0%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $925 (+13.2%)	$1,000 → $1,307 (+30.7%)

St. James

Population

171259

Median household income

$45,625$82,708

Median home value

$227,800$275,000

Median gross rent

$817$925

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)

	St. James	Walloon Lake
Under 5	25.9%	0.8%
5 to 17	2.3%	20.2%
18 to 24	1.2%	0.8%
25 to 34	3.9%	6.2%
35 to 44	8.1%	14.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	20.5%
55 to 64	16.6%	8.5%
65 to 74	17.0%	14.7%
75 and over	15.8%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. James	Walloon Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. James	Walloon Lake
No high school diploma	2.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	21.9%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. James	Walloon Lake
Drove alone	81.4%	78.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. James	Walloon Lake
1-unit, detached	82.1%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	12.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	St. James	Walloon Lake
Poverty rate	10.1%	3.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	10	21
Median year structure built	1966	1982