Millers Lake vs Otter Lake

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

Millers 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.

Millers Lake has the higher population (505 vs 387 in Otter Lake). Millers Lake has the higher median household income ($68,068 vs $43,750 in Otter Lake). Millers Lake has the higher median home value ($216,000 vs $107,700 in Otter Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Millers Lake	Otter Lake
Population	505	387
Median age	14.8 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,068	$43,750
Median home value	$216,000	$107,700
Housing units	319	308
Homeownership rate	100.0%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.5%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Millers Lake	Otter Lake
Population	656 → 505 (-23.0%)	396 → 387 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$58,600 → $68,068 (+16.2%)	$54,432 → $43,750 (-19.6%)
Median home value	$160,600 → $216,000 (+34.5%)	$101,200 → $107,700 (+6.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$950 → $900 (-5.3%)

Millers Lake

Population

656505

Median household income

$58,600$68,068

Median home value

$160,600$216,000

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)

	Millers Lake	Otter Lake
Under 5	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 17	56.0%	11.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	26.1%	15.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	19.4%
65 to 74	7.1%	16.5%
75 and over	0.0%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Millers 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+

	Millers Lake	Otter Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	8.1%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	59.5%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Millers Lake	Otter Lake
Drove alone	71.0%	80.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.7%
Public transit	29.0%	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)

	Millers Lake	Otter Lake
1-unit, detached	91.5%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	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

	Millers Lake	Otter Lake
Poverty rate	20.2%	10.9%
Average household size	2.48	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	—	37
Median year structure built	1949	1938