Manistee Lake vs Rapid City

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

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

Rapid City has the higher population (1,315 vs 364 in Manistee Lake). Rapid City has the higher median household income ($65,438 vs $52,917 in Manistee Lake). Rapid City has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $153,600 in Manistee Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Manistee Lake	Rapid City
Population	364	1,315
Median age	55.7 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,917	$65,438
Median home value	$153,600	$212,500
Median gross rent	—	$987
Housing units	508	892
Homeownership rate	87.3%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manistee Lake	Rapid City
Population	489 → 364 (-25.6%)	1,493 → 1,315 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$41,481 → $52,917 (+27.6%)	$50,952 → $65,438 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$117,600 → $153,600 (+30.6%)	$138,400 → $212,500 (+53.5%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $785 (-7.4%)	$729 → $987 (+35.4%)

Manistee Lake

Population

489364

Median household income

$41,481$52,917

Median home value

$117,600$153,600

Median gross rent

$848$785

Rapid City

Population

1,4931,315

Median household income

$50,952$65,438

Median home value

$138,400$212,500

Median gross rent

$729$987

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manistee Lake	Rapid City
Under 5	1.1%	2.7%
5 to 17	7.1%	14.5%
18 to 24	10.2%	3.7%
25 to 34	6.0%	7.1%
35 to 44	4.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	20.6%	12.3%
55 to 64	23.9%	16.5%
65 to 74	19.8%	20.8%
75 and over	6.9%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manistee Lake	Rapid City
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manistee Lake	Rapid City
No high school diploma	11.8%	5.4%
High school graduate	34.0%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manistee Lake	Rapid City
Drove alone	87.7%	92.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.8%
Other means	12.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manistee Lake	Rapid City
1-unit, detached	84.6%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Manistee Lake	Rapid City
Poverty rate	14.0%	13.8%
Average household size	1.85	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	62	25
Median year structure built	1976	1980