Fife Lake vs Interlochen

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

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

Interlochen has the higher population (538 vs 359 in Fife Lake). Interlochen has the higher median household income ($80,625 vs $67,188 in Fife Lake). Fife Lake has the higher median home value ($185,200 vs $148,600 in Interlochen).

Population, income & housing

	Fife Lake	Interlochen
Population	359	538
Median age	49.3 yrs	62.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,188	$80,625
Median home value	$185,200	$148,600
Median gross rent	$1,000	$778
Housing units	247	246
Homeownership rate	86.2%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fife Lake	Interlochen
Population	382 → 359 (-6.0%)	268 → 538 (+100.7%)
Median household income	$54,659 → $67,188 (+22.9%)	$87,150 → $80,625 (-7.5%)
Median home value	$109,900 → $185,200 (+68.5%)	$138,400 → $148,600 (+7.4%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $1,000 (+26.9%)	$727 → $778 (+7.0%)

Fife Lake

Population

382359

Median household income

$54,659$67,188

Median home value

$109,900$185,200

Median gross rent

$788$1,000

Interlochen

Population

268538

Median household income

$87,150$80,625

Median home value

$138,400$148,600

Median gross rent

$727$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fife Lake	Interlochen
Under 5	1.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	8.9%	6.7%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	9.2%	8.9%
45 to 54	18.7%	6.5%
55 to 64	21.7%	28.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	12.5%
75 and over	5.0%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fife Lake	Interlochen
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fife Lake	Interlochen
No high school diploma	4.7%	18.7%
High school graduate	31.9%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fife Lake	Interlochen
Drove alone	82.4%	84.0%
Carpooled	12.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fife Lake	Interlochen
1-unit, detached	88.3%	56.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	33.3%

Poverty & households

	Fife Lake	Interlochen
Poverty rate	6.1%	15.1%
Average household size	2.26	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	37	31
Median year structure built	1981	2000