Barnes Lake vs Clifford

A side-by-side comparison of Barnes Lake and Clifford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barnes Lake has the higher population (468 vs 297 in Clifford). Barnes Lake has the higher median household income ($75,585 vs $51,875 in Clifford). Barnes Lake has the higher median home value ($212,300 vs $106,300 in Clifford).

Population, income & housing

	Barnes Lake	Clifford
Population	468	297
Median age	29.4 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,585	$51,875
Median home value	$212,300	$106,300
Median gross rent	—	$875
Housing units	393	139
Homeownership rate	95.2%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnes Lake	Clifford
Population	651 → 468 (-28.1%)	286 → 297 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$52,154 → $75,585 (+44.9%)	$42,917 → $51,875 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$149,600 → $212,300 (+41.9%)	$63,800 → $106,300 (+66.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$563 → $875 (+55.4%)

Barnes Lake

Population

651468

Median household income

$52,154$75,585

Median home value

$149,600$212,300

Clifford

Population

286297

Median household income

$42,917$51,875

Median home value

$63,800$106,300

Median gross rent

$563$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnes Lake	Clifford
Under 5	20.1%	3.0%
5 to 17	9.6%	12.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.5%
25 to 34	41.9%	8.8%
35 to 44	8.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	5.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	4.5%	15.8%
65 to 74	7.3%	12.1%
75 and over	2.8%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnes Lake	Clifford
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	99.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnes Lake	Clifford
No high school diploma	6.4%	12.6%
High school graduate	16.4%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnes Lake	Clifford
Drove alone	100.0%	76.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnes Lake	Clifford
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Barnes Lake	Clifford
Poverty rate	8.5%	14.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	61	35
Median year structure built	1960	1951