Lake Odessa vs Saranac

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

Lake Odessa and Saranac 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 1,973 in Saranac). Lake Odessa has the higher median household income ($71,157 vs $64,157 in Saranac). Saranac has the higher median home value ($183,300 vs $150,300 in Lake Odessa).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Odessa	Saranac
Population	2,174	1,973
Median age	35.0 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,157	$64,157
Median home value	$150,300	$183,300
Median gross rent	$688	$415
Housing units	769	760
Homeownership rate	79.8%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Odessa	Saranac
Population	2,079 → 2,174 (+4.6%)	1,409 → 1,973 (+40.0%)
Median household income	$45,038 → $71,157 (+58.0%)	$47,159 → $64,157 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $150,300 (+51.7%)	$109,200 → $183,300 (+67.9%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $688 (+2.7%)	$460 → $415 (-9.8%)

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

Saranac

Population

1,4091,973

Median household income

$47,159$64,157

Median home value

$109,200$183,300

Median gross rent

$460$415

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Odessa	Saranac
Under 5	4.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	12.6%	17.8%
25 to 34	15.4%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.6%	8.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	18.2%
55 to 64	10.5%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.2%	5.9%
75 and over	6.5%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Odessa	Saranac
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	93.6%
Black or African American	3.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Odessa	Saranac
No high school diploma	8.3%	5.6%
High school graduate	34.4%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Odessa	Saranac
Drove alone	79.9%	82.9%
Carpooled	5.8%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Odessa	Saranac
1-unit, detached	74.6%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	10.0%	17.5%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake Odessa	Saranac
Poverty rate	12.5%	13.0%
Average household size	3.04	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1962	1968