Napoleon vs Vineyard Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Napoleon and Vineyard Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Vineyard Lake has the higher population (1,038 vs 969 in Napoleon). Vineyard Lake has the higher median household income ($83,636 vs $50,722 in Napoleon). Vineyard Lake has the higher median home value ($266,900 vs $123,500 in Napoleon).

Population, income & housing

	Napoleon	Vineyard Lake
Population	969	1,038
Median age	40.2 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,722	$83,636
Median home value	$123,500	$266,900
Median gross rent	$872	—
Housing units	537	768
Homeownership rate	76.4%	98.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Napoleon	Vineyard Lake
Population	975 → 969 (-0.6%)	642 → 1,038 (+61.7%)
Median household income	$35,083 → $50,722 (+44.6%)	$53,467 → $83,636 (+56.4%)
Median home value	$60,200 → $123,500 (+105.1%)	$115,800 → $266,900 (+130.5%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $872 (+26.6%)	$628 → $628 (+0.0%)

Napoleon

Population

975969

Median household income

$35,083$50,722

Median home value

$60,200$123,500

Median gross rent

$689$872

Vineyard Lake

Population

6421,038

Median household income

$53,467$83,636

Median home value

$115,800$266,900

Median gross rent

$628$628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Napoleon	Vineyard Lake
Under 5	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.9%	3.1%
18 to 24	0.8%	8.3%
25 to 34	22.6%	4.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	3.0%
45 to 54	15.0%	26.7%
55 to 64	15.6%	32.1%
65 to 74	8.6%	12.2%
75 and over	3.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Napoleon	Vineyard Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Napoleon	Vineyard Lake
No high school diploma	22.6%	3.7%
High school graduate	40.2%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	32.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Napoleon	Vineyard Lake
Drove alone	90.0%	68.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	23.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Napoleon	Vineyard Lake
1-unit, detached	56.4%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.3%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Napoleon	Vineyard Lake
Poverty rate	21.5%	1.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	44	62
Median year structure built	1979	1958