Houghton vs Lake Linden

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

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

Houghton has the higher population (8,341 vs 1,042 in Lake Linden). Lake Linden has the higher median household income ($42,961 vs $35,417 in Houghton). Houghton has the higher median home value ($233,700 vs $93,200 in Lake Linden).

Population, income & housing

	Houghton	Lake Linden
Population	8,341	1,042
Median age	21.9 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$35,417	$42,961
Median home value	$233,700	$93,200
Median gross rent	$861	$498
Housing units	2,502	619
Homeownership rate	37.7%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.7%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houghton	Lake Linden
Population	7,870 → 8,341 (+6.0%)	1,113 → 1,042 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$23,135 → $35,417 (+53.1%)	$35,536 → $42,961 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$155,600 → $233,700 (+50.2%)	$71,900 → $93,200 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $861 (+29.5%)	$494 → $498 (+0.8%)

Houghton

Population

7,8708,341

Median household income

$23,135$35,417

Median home value

$155,600$233,700

Median gross rent

$665$861

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)

	Houghton	Lake Linden
Under 5	2.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	8.9%	11.4%
18 to 24	52.7%	10.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	19.5%
35 to 44	5.7%	8.9%
45 to 54	5.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	5.0%	10.2%
65 to 74	3.6%	7.8%
75 and over	4.8%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houghton	Lake Linden
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	94.3%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.6%
Asian	8.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.8%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houghton	Lake Linden
No high school diploma	5.2%	5.7%
High school graduate	13.9%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	15.3%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	44.2%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houghton	Lake Linden
Drove alone	45.8%	75.8%
Carpooled	6.4%	12.2%
Public transit	8.8%	0.0%
Walked	29.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	7.4%	3.6%
Other means	1.5%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houghton	Lake Linden
1-unit, detached	47.2%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	4.4%
20 or more units	21.7%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Houghton	Lake Linden
Poverty rate	34.9%	20.9%
Average household size	2.17	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	12	17
Median year structure built	1977	1944