Interlochen vs Traverse City

A side-by-side comparison of Interlochen and Traverse City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Traverse City has the higher population (15,491 vs 538 in Interlochen). Interlochen has the higher median household income ($80,625 vs $71,731 in Traverse City). Traverse City has the higher median home value ($367,600 vs $148,600 in Interlochen).

Population, income & housing

	Interlochen	Traverse City
Population	538	15,491
Median age	62.1 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$80,625	$71,731
Median home value	$148,600	$367,600
Median gross rent	$778	$983
Housing units	246	8,583
Homeownership rate	84.6%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Interlochen	Traverse City
Population	268 → 538 (+100.7%)	15,570 → 15,491 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$87,150 → $80,625 (-7.5%)	$57,076 → $71,731 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$138,400 → $148,600 (+7.4%)	$266,100 → $367,600 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $778 (+7.0%)	$905 → $983 (+8.6%)

Interlochen

Population

268538

Median household income

$87,150$80,625

Median home value

$138,400$148,600

Median gross rent

$727$778

Traverse City

Population

15,57015,491

Median household income

$57,076$71,731

Median home value

$266,100$367,600

Median gross rent

$905$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Interlochen	Traverse City
Under 5	3.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	6.7%	12.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	16.1%
35 to 44	8.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	6.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	28.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	15.0%
75 and over	14.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Interlochen	Traverse City
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Interlochen	Traverse City
No high school diploma	18.7%	4.3%
High school graduate	28.2%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Interlochen	Traverse City
Drove alone	84.0%	59.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.9%
Worked from home	16.0%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Interlochen	Traverse City
1-unit, detached	56.5%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	33.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Interlochen	Traverse City
Poverty rate	15.1%	9.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	31	19
Median year structure built	2000	1960