Belding vs Lake Odessa

A side-by-side comparison of Belding and Lake Odessa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belding has the higher population (5,949 vs 2,174 in Lake Odessa). Lake Odessa has the higher median household income ($71,157 vs $55,895 in Belding). Belding has the higher median home value ($152,700 vs $150,300 in Lake Odessa).

Population, income & housing

	Belding	Lake Odessa
Population	5,949	2,174
Median age	37.2 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,895	$71,157
Median home value	$152,700	$150,300
Median gross rent	$693	$688
Housing units	2,280	769
Homeownership rate	67.7%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belding	Lake Odessa
Population	5,718 → 5,949 (+4.0%)	2,079 → 2,174 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$41,812 → $55,895 (+33.7%)	$45,038 → $71,157 (+58.0%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $152,700 (+63.7%)	$99,100 → $150,300 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $693 (+0.1%)	$670 → $688 (+2.7%)

Belding

Population

5,7185,949

Median household income

$41,812$55,895

Median home value

$93,300$152,700

Median gross rent

$692$693

Lake Odessa

Population

2,0792,174

Median household income

$45,038$71,157

Median home value

$99,100$150,300

Median gross rent

$670$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belding	Lake Odessa
Under 5	4.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.5%
18 to 24	8.0%	12.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	15.4%
35 to 44	18.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	10.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.2%
75 and over	5.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belding	Lake Odessa
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	81.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belding	Lake Odessa
No high school diploma	11.1%	8.3%
High school graduate	40.3%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belding	Lake Odessa
Drove alone	87.2%	79.9%
Carpooled	7.8%	5.8%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belding	Lake Odessa
1-unit, detached	70.2%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.4%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Belding	Lake Odessa
Poverty rate	17.8%	12.5%
Average household size	2.71	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1954	1962