Comstock Northwest vs South Gull Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Comstock Northwest and South Gull Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Comstock Northwest has the higher population (5,190 vs 2,145 in South Gull Lake). South Gull Lake has the higher median household income ($236,094 vs $73,290 in Comstock Northwest). Since 2019, South Gull Lake's population has grown faster (+73.5% vs -17.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Comstock Northwest	South Gull Lake
Population	5,190	2,145
Median age	35.9 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,290	$236,094
Median home value	$233,100	—
Median gross rent	$1,022	—
Housing units	2,734	998
Homeownership rate	39.0%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	82.9%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Comstock Northwest	South Gull Lake
Population	6,318 → 5,190 (-17.9%)	1,236 → 2,145 (+73.5%)
Median household income	$56,416 → $73,290 (+29.9%)	$79,265 → $236,094 (+197.9%)
Median home value	$146,900 → $233,100 (+58.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$805 → $1,022 (+27.0%)	$1,086 → $1,115 (+2.7%)

Comstock Northwest

Population

6,3185,190

Median household income

$56,416$73,290

Median home value

$146,900$233,100

Median gross rent

$805$1,022

South Gull Lake

Population

1,2362,145

Median household income

$79,265$236,094

Median gross rent

$1,086$1,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Comstock Northwest	South Gull Lake
Under 5	4.4%	10.6%
5 to 17	9.8%	13.6%
18 to 24	13.2%	3.9%
25 to 34	18.3%	4.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	18.7%
45 to 54	4.5%	5.8%
55 to 64	18.3%	22.6%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.1%
75 and over	8.3%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Comstock Northwest	South Gull Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	96.7%
Black or African American	17.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Comstock Northwest	South Gull Lake
No high school diploma	5.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	28.3%	5.1%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	11.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	45.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	37.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Comstock Northwest	South Gull Lake
Drove alone	83.0%	45.0%
Carpooled	5.0%	4.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	43.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Comstock Northwest	South Gull Lake
1-unit, detached	40.5%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	30.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	19.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Comstock Northwest	South Gull Lake
Poverty rate	4.4%	0.7%
Average household size	1.97	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1993	1979