Lake Isabella vs Shepherd

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Isabella and Shepherd: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Isabella has the higher population (1,931 vs 1,438 in Shepherd). Lake Isabella has the higher median household income ($76,923 vs $76,591 in Shepherd). Lake Isabella has the higher median home value ($176,800 vs $147,800 in Shepherd).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Isabella	Shepherd
Population	1,931	1,438
Median age	46.6 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,923	$76,591
Median home value	$176,800	$147,800
Median gross rent	$1,139	$790
Housing units	1,028	563
Homeownership rate	95.8%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Isabella	Shepherd
Population	2,063 → 1,931 (-6.4%)	1,495 → 1,438 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$75,625 → $76,923 (+1.7%)	$51,908 → $76,591 (+47.6%)
Median home value	$161,800 → $176,800 (+9.3%)	$115,500 → $147,800 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$903 → $1,139 (+26.1%)	$635 → $790 (+24.4%)

Lake Isabella

Population

2,0631,931

Median household income

$75,625$76,923

Median home value

$161,800$176,800

Median gross rent

$903$1,139

Shepherd

Population

1,4951,438

Median household income

$51,908$76,591

Median home value

$115,500$147,800

Median gross rent

$635$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Isabella	Shepherd
Under 5	2.5%	8.8%
5 to 17	19.7%	15.0%
18 to 24	11.7%	14.0%
25 to 34	5.5%	16.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	9.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	10.5%
55 to 64	16.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	16.2%	7.4%
75 and over	8.2%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Isabella	Shepherd
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Isabella	Shepherd
No high school diploma	7.9%	2.8%
High school graduate	31.9%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Isabella	Shepherd
Drove alone	75.2%	88.4%
Carpooled	11.4%	3.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	2.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Isabella	Shepherd
1-unit, detached	77.1%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	21.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Lake Isabella	Shepherd
Poverty rate	7.8%	15.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1994	1962