Dollar Bay vs Lake Linden

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

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

Dollar Bay has the higher population (1,070 vs 1,042 in Lake Linden). Dollar Bay has the higher median household income ($63,500 vs $42,961 in Lake Linden). Dollar Bay has the higher median home value ($196,200 vs $93,200 in Lake Linden).

Population, income & housing

	Dollar Bay	Lake Linden
Population	1,070	1,042
Median age	31.2 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,500	$42,961
Median home value	$196,200	$93,200
Median gross rent	$800	$498
Housing units	441	619
Homeownership rate	87.3%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dollar Bay	Lake Linden
Population	853 → 1,070 (+25.4%)	1,113 → 1,042 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $63,500 (+23.9%)	$35,536 → $42,961 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$118,500 → $196,200 (+65.6%)	$71,900 → $93,200 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $800 (+7.4%)	$494 → $498 (+0.8%)

Dollar Bay

Population

8531,070

Median household income

$51,250$63,500

Median home value

$118,500$196,200

Median gross rent

$745$800

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)

	Dollar Bay	Lake Linden
Under 5	8.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	23.5%	11.4%
18 to 24	11.7%	10.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	19.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	8.9%
45 to 54	8.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	9.5%	10.2%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.8%
75 and over	6.7%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dollar Bay	Lake Linden
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	94.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dollar Bay	Lake Linden
No high school diploma	3.8%	5.7%
High school graduate	37.3%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dollar Bay	Lake Linden
Drove alone	86.4%	75.8%
Carpooled	5.5%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.3%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dollar Bay	Lake Linden
1-unit, detached	85.5%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Dollar Bay	Lake Linden
Poverty rate	12.5%	20.9%
Average household size	2.96	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1973	1944