Bear Lake vs South Boardman

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

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

South Boardman has the higher population (521 vs 245 in Bear Lake). South Boardman has the higher median household income ($80,781 vs $53,750 in Bear Lake). South Boardman has the higher median home value ($182,700 vs $143,100 in Bear Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Lake	South Boardman
Population	245	521
Median age	70.1 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$80,781
Median home value	$143,100	$182,700
Median gross rent	—	$892
Housing units	603	205
Homeownership rate	93.8%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Lake	South Boardman
Population	368 → 245 (-33.4%)	535 → 521 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $53,750 (+11.7%)	$47,946 → $80,781 (+68.5%)
Median home value	$116,900 → $143,100 (+22.4%)	$91,700 → $182,700 (+99.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$791 → $892 (+12.8%)

Bear Lake

Population

368245

Median household income

$48,125$53,750

Median home value

$116,900$143,100

South Boardman

Population

535521

Median household income

$47,946$80,781

Median home value

$91,700$182,700

Median gross rent

$791$892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Lake	South Boardman
Under 5	2.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	2.0%	22.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.9%
25 to 34	9.8%	23.2%
35 to 44	7.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	4.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	35.5%	9.0%
75 and over	26.5%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Lake	South Boardman
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Lake	South Boardman
No high school diploma	2.1%	6.2%
High school graduate	35.0%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Lake	South Boardman
Drove alone	98.2%	84.1%
Carpooled	1.8%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Lake	South Boardman
1-unit, detached	85.7%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Bear Lake	South Boardman
Poverty rate	9.8%	11.9%
Average household size	1.68	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	22	36
Median year structure built	1980	1977