Calumet vs Lake Linden

A side-by-side comparison of Calumet and Lake Linden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Linden has the higher population (1,042 vs 676 in Calumet). Lake Linden has the higher median household income ($42,961 vs $25,234 in Calumet). Lake Linden has the higher median home value ($93,200 vs $82,500 in Calumet).

Population, income & housing

	Calumet	Lake Linden
Population	676	1,042
Median age	37.5 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$25,234	$42,961
Median home value	$82,500	$93,200
Median gross rent	$640	$498
Housing units	524	619
Homeownership rate	28.1%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calumet	Lake Linden
Population	744 → 676 (-9.1%)	1,113 → 1,042 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$21,389 → $25,234 (+18.0%)	$35,536 → $42,961 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$58,200 → $82,500 (+41.8%)	$71,900 → $93,200 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$572 → $640 (+11.9%)	$494 → $498 (+0.8%)

Calumet

Population

744676

Median household income

$21,389$25,234

Median home value

$58,200$82,500

Median gross rent

$572$640

Lake Linden

Population

1,1131,042

Median household income

$35,536$42,961

Median home value

$71,900$93,200

Median gross rent

$494$498

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calumet	Lake Linden
Under 5	6.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	5.9%	11.4%
18 to 24	20.7%	10.0%
25 to 34	14.3%	19.5%
35 to 44	6.1%	8.9%
45 to 54	8.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	17.6%	10.2%
65 to 74	12.9%	7.8%
75 and over	8.0%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calumet	Lake Linden
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.6%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calumet	Lake Linden
No high school diploma	10.6%	5.7%
High school graduate	23.5%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calumet	Lake Linden
Drove alone	48.9%	75.8%
Carpooled	12.2%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	31.3%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	7.6%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calumet	Lake Linden
1-unit, detached	37.2%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	29.2%	4.4%
20 or more units	14.5%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Calumet	Lake Linden
Poverty rate	39.9%	20.9%
Average household size	1.65	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1938	1944