Metamora vs Otter Lake

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

Metamora and Otter Lake 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 387 in Otter Lake). Metamora has the higher median household income ($84,453 vs $43,750 in Otter Lake). Metamora has the higher median home value ($264,500 vs $107,700 in Otter Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Metamora	Otter Lake
Population	761	387
Median age	36.1 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$84,453	$43,750
Median home value	$264,500	$107,700
Median gross rent	$988	—
Housing units	269	308
Homeownership rate	81.5%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.2%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Metamora	Otter Lake
Population	534 → 761 (+42.5%)	396 → 387 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $84,453 (+53.6%)	$54,432 → $43,750 (-19.6%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $264,500 (+62.8%)	$101,200 → $107,700 (+6.4%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $988 (+5.1%)	$950 → $900 (-5.3%)

Metamora

Population

534761

Median household income

$55,000$84,453

Median home value

$162,500$264,500

Median gross rent

$940$988

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)

	Metamora	Otter Lake
Under 5	8.4%	1.3%
5 to 17	23.3%	11.1%
18 to 24	5.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	5.7%
35 to 44	20.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	15.5%
55 to 64	10.9%	19.4%
65 to 74	5.5%	16.5%
75 and over	3.5%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Metamora	Otter Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	9.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Metamora	Otter Lake
No high school diploma	7.7%	9.0%
High school graduate	24.4%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Metamora	Otter Lake
Drove alone	81.6%	80.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	6.5%	8.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Metamora	Otter Lake
1-unit, detached	82.5%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	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

	Metamora	Otter Lake
Poverty rate	6.0%	10.9%
Average household size	2.94	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	34	37
Median year structure built	1982	1938