Ionia vs Lake Odessa

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

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

Ionia has the higher population (12,950 vs 2,174 in Lake Odessa). Lake Odessa has the higher median household income ($71,157 vs $60,729 in Ionia). Ionia has the higher median home value ($161,100 vs $150,300 in Lake Odessa).

Population, income & housing

	Ionia	Lake Odessa
Population	12,950	2,174
Median age	38.2 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,729	$71,157
Median home value	$161,100	$150,300
Median gross rent	$789	$688
Housing units	3,981	769
Homeownership rate	60.4%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ionia	Lake Odessa
Population	11,147 → 12,950 (+16.2%)	2,079 → 2,174 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$48,902 → $60,729 (+24.2%)	$45,038 → $71,157 (+58.0%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $161,100 (+65.1%)	$99,100 → $150,300 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $789 (-3.0%)	$670 → $688 (+2.7%)

Ionia

Population

11,14712,950

Median household income

$48,902$60,729

Median home value

$97,600$161,100

Median gross rent

$813$789

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)

	Ionia	Lake Odessa
Under 5	5.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	10.1%	17.5%
18 to 24	8.1%	12.6%
25 to 34	22.3%	15.4%
35 to 44	17.3%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.5%
65 to 74	9.1%	10.2%
75 and over	3.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ionia	Lake Odessa
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	81.7%
Black or African American	14.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ionia	Lake Odessa
No high school diploma	13.8%	8.3%
High school graduate	43.5%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ionia	Lake Odessa
Drove alone	67.7%	79.9%
Carpooled	12.3%	5.8%
Public transit	7.2%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	11.2%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ionia	Lake Odessa
1-unit, detached	65.6%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.3%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Ionia	Lake Odessa
Poverty rate	16.4%	12.5%
Average household size	2.56	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1948	1962