Lake Odessa vs Pewamo

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

Lake Odessa and Pewamo 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 511 in Pewamo). Pewamo has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $71,157 in Lake Odessa). Pewamo has the higher median home value ($179,500 vs $150,300 in Lake Odessa).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Odessa	Pewamo
Population	2,174	511
Median age	35.0 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,157	$76,250
Median home value	$150,300	$179,500
Median gross rent	$688	$933
Housing units	769	173
Homeownership rate	79.8%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Odessa	Pewamo
Population	2,079 → 2,174 (+4.6%)	466 → 511 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$45,038 → $71,157 (+58.0%)	$56,406 → $76,250 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $150,300 (+51.7%)	$114,700 → $179,500 (+56.5%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $688 (+2.7%)	$604 → $933 (+54.5%)

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

Pewamo

Population

466511

Median household income

$56,406$76,250

Median home value

$114,700$179,500

Median gross rent

$604$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Odessa	Pewamo
Under 5	4.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	26.6%
18 to 24	12.6%	4.3%
25 to 34	15.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	10.6%	15.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	8.6%
55 to 64	10.5%	8.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.2%
75 and over	6.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Odessa	Pewamo
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	98.0%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Odessa	Pewamo
No high school diploma	8.3%	6.6%
High school graduate	34.4%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Odessa	Pewamo
Drove alone	79.9%	72.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	11.2%	17.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Odessa	Pewamo
1-unit, detached	74.6%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	10.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Lake Odessa	Pewamo
Poverty rate	12.5%	6.5%
Average household size	3.04	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1962	1967