Parchment vs South Gull Lake

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

Parchment 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.

South Gull Lake has the higher population (2,145 vs 2,012 in Parchment). South Gull Lake has the higher median household income ($236,094 vs $54,572 in Parchment). Since 2019, South Gull Lake's population has grown faster (+73.5% vs +3.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Parchment	South Gull Lake
Population	2,012	2,145
Median age	30.2 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,572	$236,094
Median home value	$178,400	—
Median gross rent	$1,024	—
Housing units	1,002	998
Homeownership rate	56.9%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	82.9%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parchment	South Gull Lake
Population	1,953 → 2,012 (+3.0%)	1,236 → 2,145 (+73.5%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $54,572 (+9.1%)	$79,265 → $236,094 (+197.9%)
Median home value	$121,400 → $178,400 (+47.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$754 → $1,024 (+35.8%)	$1,086 → $1,115 (+2.7%)

Parchment

Population

1,9532,012

Median household income

$50,000$54,572

Median home value

$121,400$178,400

Median gross rent

$754$1,024

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)

	Parchment	South Gull Lake
Under 5	5.4%	10.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	13.6%
18 to 24	15.1%	3.9%
25 to 34	22.4%	4.5%
35 to 44	14.7%	18.7%
45 to 54	7.1%	5.8%
55 to 64	9.7%	22.6%
65 to 74	4.8%	10.1%
75 and over	5.0%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parchment	South Gull Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	96.7%
Black or African American	14.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parchment	South Gull Lake
No high school diploma	5.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	27.2%	5.1%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	11.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	45.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	37.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parchment	South Gull Lake
Drove alone	86.6%	45.0%
Carpooled	2.5%	4.4%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	43.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parchment	South Gull Lake
1-unit, detached	57.2%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Parchment	South Gull Lake
Poverty rate	8.9%	0.7%
Average household size	2.21	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1954	1979