Barnes Lake vs Otter Lake

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

Barnes Lake and Otter Lake 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 387 in Otter Lake). Barnes Lake has the higher median household income ($75,585 vs $43,750 in Otter Lake). Barnes Lake has the higher median home value ($212,300 vs $107,700 in Otter Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Barnes Lake	Otter Lake
Population	468	387
Median age	29.4 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,585	$43,750
Median home value	$212,300	$107,700
Housing units	393	308
Homeownership rate	95.2%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnes Lake	Otter Lake
Population	651 → 468 (-28.1%)	396 → 387 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$52,154 → $75,585 (+44.9%)	$54,432 → $43,750 (-19.6%)
Median home value	$149,600 → $212,300 (+41.9%)	$101,200 → $107,700 (+6.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$950 → $900 (-5.3%)

Barnes Lake

Population

651468

Median household income

$52,154$75,585

Median home value

$149,600$212,300

Otter Lake

Population

396387

Median household income

$54,432$43,750

Median home value

$101,200$107,700

Median gross rent

$950$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnes Lake	Otter Lake
Under 5	20.1%	1.3%
5 to 17	9.6%	11.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	41.9%	5.7%
35 to 44	8.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	5.3%	15.5%
55 to 64	4.5%	19.4%
65 to 74	7.3%	16.5%
75 and over	2.8%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnes Lake	Otter Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnes Lake	Otter Lake
No high school diploma	6.4%	9.0%
High school graduate	16.4%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnes Lake	Otter Lake
Drove alone	100.0%	80.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnes Lake	Otter Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	33.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Barnes Lake	Otter Lake
Poverty rate	8.5%	10.9%
Average household size	2.52	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	61	37
Median year structure built	1960	1938