Lake Linden vs Laurium

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

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

Laurium has the higher population (1,486 vs 1,042 in Lake Linden). Lake Linden has the higher median household income ($42,961 vs $42,206 in Laurium). Lake Linden has the higher median home value ($93,200 vs $87,600 in Laurium).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Linden	Laurium
Population	1,042	1,486
Median age	37.9 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,961	$42,206
Median home value	$93,200	$87,600
Median gross rent	$498	$590
Housing units	619	993
Homeownership rate	54.3%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Linden	Laurium
Population	1,113 → 1,042 (-6.4%)	2,073 → 1,486 (-28.3%)
Median household income	$35,536 → $42,961 (+20.9%)	$40,125 → $42,206 (+5.2%)
Median home value	$71,900 → $93,200 (+29.6%)	$75,700 → $87,600 (+15.7%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $498 (+0.8%)	$525 → $590 (+12.4%)

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

Laurium

Population

2,0731,486

Median household income

$40,125$42,206

Median home value

$75,700$87,600

Median gross rent

$525$590

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Linden	Laurium
Under 5	5.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	11.4%	12.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	14.7%
25 to 34	19.5%	5.2%
35 to 44	8.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.0%	14.7%
55 to 64	10.2%	15.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	14.8%
75 and over	16.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Linden	Laurium
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Linden	Laurium
No high school diploma	5.7%	8.0%
High school graduate	39.6%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Linden	Laurium
Drove alone	75.8%	66.3%
Carpooled	12.2%	19.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	6.2%
Other means	3.4%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Linden	Laurium
1-unit, detached	66.2%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	2.6%
20 or more units	13.1%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake Linden	Laurium
Poverty rate	20.9%	19.2%
Average household size	1.90	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1944	1938