Chums Corner vs Fife Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Chums Corner and Fife Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chums Corner has the higher population (1,012 vs 359 in Fife Lake). Chums Corner has the higher median household income ($72,933 vs $67,188 in Fife Lake). Chums Corner has the higher median home value ($279,200 vs $185,200 in Fife Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Chums Corner	Fife Lake
Population	1,012	359
Median age	56.5 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,933	$67,188
Median home value	$279,200	$185,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,000
Housing units	490	247
Homeownership rate	86.4%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chums Corner	Fife Lake
Population	984 → 1,012 (+2.8%)	382 → 359 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$86,935 → $72,933 (-16.1%)	$54,659 → $67,188 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$233,400 → $279,200 (+19.6%)	$109,900 → $185,200 (+68.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$788 → $1,000 (+26.9%)

Chums Corner

Population

9841,012

Median household income

$86,935$72,933

Median home value

$233,400$279,200

Fife Lake

Population

382359

Median household income

$54,659$67,188

Median home value

$109,900$185,200

Median gross rent

$788$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chums Corner	Fife Lake
Under 5	4.8%	1.7%
5 to 17	8.4%	8.9%
18 to 24	4.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	8.7%	15.9%
35 to 44	7.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	18.7%
55 to 64	45.3%	21.7%
65 to 74	2.3%	11.7%
75 and over	9.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chums Corner	Fife Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chums Corner	Fife Lake
No high school diploma	9.8%	4.7%
High school graduate	21.6%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	42.0%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chums Corner	Fife Lake
Drove alone	87.8%	82.4%
Carpooled	12.2%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chums Corner	Fife Lake
1-unit, detached	91.8%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Chums Corner	Fife Lake
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	18	37
Median year structure built	1979	1981