Barnes Lake vs Millers Lake

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

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

Millers Lake has the higher population (505 vs 468 in Barnes Lake). Barnes Lake has the higher median household income ($75,585 vs $68,068 in Millers Lake). Millers Lake has the higher median home value ($216,000 vs $212,300 in Barnes Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Barnes Lake	Millers Lake
Population	468	505
Median age	29.4 yrs	14.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,585	$68,068
Median home value	$212,300	$216,000
Housing units	393	319
Homeownership rate	95.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	59.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnes Lake	Millers Lake
Population	651 → 468 (-28.1%)	656 → 505 (-23.0%)
Median household income	$52,154 → $75,585 (+44.9%)	$58,600 → $68,068 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$149,600 → $212,300 (+41.9%)	$160,600 → $216,000 (+34.5%)

Barnes Lake

Population

651468

Median household income

$52,154$75,585

Median home value

$149,600$212,300

Millers Lake

Population

656505

Median household income

$58,600$68,068

Median home value

$160,600$216,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnes Lake	Millers Lake
Under 5	20.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.6%	56.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	41.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.5%	10.7%
45 to 54	5.3%	26.1%
55 to 64	4.5%	0.0%
65 to 74	7.3%	7.1%
75 and over	2.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnes Lake	Millers Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnes Lake	Millers Lake
No high school diploma	6.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	16.4%	8.1%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	59.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnes Lake	Millers Lake
Drove alone	100.0%	71.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	29.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnes Lake	Millers Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.5%
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	Millers Lake
Poverty rate	8.5%	20.2%
Average household size	2.52	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	61	—
Median year structure built	1960	1949