Kalkaska vs Manistee Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Kalkaska and Manistee Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kalkaska has the higher population (2,370 vs 364 in Manistee Lake). Manistee Lake has the higher median household income ($52,917 vs $42,955 in Kalkaska). Manistee Lake has the higher median home value ($153,600 vs $121,300 in Kalkaska).

Population, income & housing

	Kalkaska	Manistee Lake
Population	2,370	364
Median age	40.1 yrs	55.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,955	$52,917
Median home value	$121,300	$153,600
Median gross rent	$644	—
Housing units	1,103	508
Homeownership rate	60.1%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kalkaska	Manistee Lake
Population	2,076 → 2,370 (+14.2%)	489 → 364 (-25.6%)
Median household income	$35,789 → $42,955 (+20.0%)	$41,481 → $52,917 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$83,700 → $121,300 (+44.9%)	$117,600 → $153,600 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $644 (+5.7%)	$848 → $785 (-7.4%)

Kalkaska

Population

2,0762,370

Median household income

$35,789$42,955

Median home value

$83,700$121,300

Median gross rent

$609$644

Manistee Lake

Population

489364

Median household income

$41,481$52,917

Median home value

$117,600$153,600

Median gross rent

$848$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kalkaska	Manistee Lake
Under 5	6.0%	1.1%
5 to 17	17.6%	7.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	10.2%
25 to 34	13.0%	6.0%
35 to 44	15.0%	4.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	20.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	23.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	19.8%
75 and over	10.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kalkaska	Manistee Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	98.6%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kalkaska	Manistee Lake
No high school diploma	16.3%	11.8%
High school graduate	37.9%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kalkaska	Manistee Lake
Drove alone	84.6%	87.7%
Carpooled	9.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.9%	12.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kalkaska	Manistee Lake
1-unit, detached	59.5%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	23.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Kalkaska	Manistee Lake
Poverty rate	20.2%	14.0%
Average household size	2.18	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	21	62
Median year structure built	1972	1976