Lake Odessa vs Muir

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

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

Lake Odessa has the higher population (2,174 vs 637 in Muir). Lake Odessa has the higher median household income ($71,157 vs $51,667 in Muir). Lake Odessa has the higher median home value ($150,300 vs $132,200 in Muir).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Odessa	Muir
Population	2,174	637
Median age	35.0 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,157	$51,667
Median home value	$150,300	$132,200
Median gross rent	$688	$543
Housing units	769	256
Homeownership rate	79.8%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Odessa	Muir
Population	2,079 → 2,174 (+4.6%)	733 → 637 (-13.1%)
Median household income	$45,038 → $71,157 (+58.0%)	$36,250 → $51,667 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $150,300 (+51.7%)	$60,600 → $132,200 (+118.2%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $688 (+2.7%)	$420 → $543 (+29.3%)

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

Muir

Population

733637

Median household income

$36,250$51,667

Median home value

$60,600$132,200

Median gross rent

$420$543

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Odessa	Muir
Under 5	4.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	18.8%
18 to 24	12.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.4%	18.4%
35 to 44	10.6%	15.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	4.9%
55 to 64	10.5%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.3%
75 and over	6.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Odessa	Muir
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	86.3%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Odessa	Muir
No high school diploma	8.3%	11.1%
High school graduate	34.4%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	0.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Odessa	Muir
Drove alone	79.9%	87.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Odessa	Muir
1-unit, detached	74.6%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.0%
20 or more units	10.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake Odessa	Muir
Poverty rate	12.5%	7.2%
Average household size	3.04	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1962	1967