Barnes Lake vs Metamora

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

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

Metamora has the higher population (761 vs 468 in Barnes Lake). Metamora has the higher median household income ($84,453 vs $75,585 in Barnes Lake). Metamora has the higher median home value ($264,500 vs $212,300 in Barnes Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Barnes Lake	Metamora
Population	468	761
Median age	29.4 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,585	$84,453
Median home value	$212,300	$264,500
Median gross rent	—	$988
Housing units	393	269
Homeownership rate	95.2%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnes Lake	Metamora
Population	651 → 468 (-28.1%)	534 → 761 (+42.5%)
Median household income	$52,154 → $75,585 (+44.9%)	$55,000 → $84,453 (+53.6%)
Median home value	$149,600 → $212,300 (+41.9%)	$162,500 → $264,500 (+62.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$940 → $988 (+5.1%)

Barnes Lake

Population

651468

Median household income

$52,154$75,585

Median home value

$149,600$212,300

Metamora

Population

534761

Median household income

$55,000$84,453

Median home value

$162,500$264,500

Median gross rent

$940$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnes Lake	Metamora
Under 5	20.1%	8.4%
5 to 17	9.6%	23.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	41.9%	10.6%
35 to 44	8.5%	20.8%
45 to 54	5.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	4.5%	10.9%
65 to 74	7.3%	5.5%
75 and over	2.8%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnes Lake	Metamora
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
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%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnes Lake	Metamora
No high school diploma	6.4%	7.7%
High school graduate	16.4%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnes Lake	Metamora
Drove alone	100.0%	81.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnes Lake	Metamora
1-unit, detached	100.0%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barnes Lake	Metamora
Poverty rate	8.5%	6.0%
Average household size	2.52	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	61	34
Median year structure built	1960	1982