Imlay City vs Lapeer

A side-by-side comparison of Imlay City and Lapeer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lapeer has the higher population (9,053 vs 3,706 in Imlay City). Imlay City has the higher median household income ($55,061 vs $53,038 in Lapeer). Lapeer has the higher median home value ($165,300 vs $137,800 in Imlay City).

Population, income & housing

	Imlay City	Lapeer
Population	3,706	9,053
Median age	35.3 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,061	$53,038
Median home value	$137,800	$165,300
Median gross rent	$764	$947
Housing units	1,834	3,880
Homeownership rate	53.8%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Imlay City	Lapeer
Population	3,568 → 3,706 (+3.9%)	8,676 → 9,053 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$34,390 → $55,061 (+60.1%)	$39,202 → $53,038 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$113,300 → $137,800 (+21.6%)	$111,900 → $165,300 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $764 (+8.1%)	$750 → $947 (+26.3%)

Imlay City

Population

3,5683,706

Median household income

$34,390$55,061

Median home value

$113,300$137,800

Median gross rent

$707$764

Lapeer

Population

8,6769,053

Median household income

$39,202$53,038

Median home value

$111,900$165,300

Median gross rent

$750$947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Imlay City	Lapeer
Under 5	8.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	16.3%	15.3%
35 to 44	8.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	15.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.3%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.8%
75 and over	5.7%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Imlay City	Lapeer
White (non-Hispanic)	52.9%	77.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	43.3%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Imlay City	Lapeer
No high school diploma	21.8%	11.9%
High school graduate	32.0%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Imlay City	Lapeer
Drove alone	78.8%	71.5%
Carpooled	18.2%	14.0%
Public transit	1.9%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	1.1%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Imlay City	Lapeer
1-unit, detached	35.0%	47.4%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	20.5%
20 or more units	5.1%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	24.8%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Imlay City	Lapeer
Poverty rate	25.5%	21.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1973	1975