Fife Lake vs Kingsley

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

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

Kingsley has the higher population (1,783 vs 359 in Fife Lake). Fife Lake has the higher median household income ($67,188 vs $65,714 in Kingsley). Kingsley has the higher median home value ($248,900 vs $185,200 in Fife Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Fife Lake	Kingsley
Population	359	1,783
Median age	49.3 yrs	27.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,188	$65,714
Median home value	$185,200	$248,900
Median gross rent	$1,000	$981
Housing units	247	541
Homeownership rate	86.2%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fife Lake	Kingsley
Population	382 → 359 (-6.0%)	1,352 → 1,783 (+31.9%)
Median household income	$54,659 → $67,188 (+22.9%)	$48,594 → $65,714 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$109,900 → $185,200 (+68.5%)	$138,300 → $248,900 (+80.0%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $1,000 (+26.9%)	$774 → $981 (+26.7%)

Fife Lake

Population

382359

Median household income

$54,659$67,188

Median home value

$109,900$185,200

Median gross rent

$788$1,000

Kingsley

Population

1,3521,783

Median household income

$48,594$65,714

Median home value

$138,300$248,900

Median gross rent

$774$981

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fife Lake	Kingsley
Under 5	1.7%	8.2%
5 to 17	8.9%	33.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	15.9%	10.3%
35 to 44	9.2%	16.9%
45 to 54	18.7%	7.1%
55 to 64	21.7%	7.7%
65 to 74	11.7%	5.5%
75 and over	5.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fife Lake	Kingsley
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	89.2%
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	2.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fife Lake	Kingsley
No high school diploma	4.7%	5.3%
High school graduate	31.9%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fife Lake	Kingsley
Drove alone	82.4%	81.4%
Carpooled	12.1%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.5%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fife Lake	Kingsley
1-unit, detached	88.3%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	29.4%

Poverty & households

	Fife Lake	Kingsley
Poverty rate	6.1%	9.3%
Average household size	2.26	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	37	26
Median year structure built	1981	1990