Cedar vs Lake Leelanau

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar and Lake Leelanau: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Leelanau has the higher population (223 vs 26 in Cedar). Lake Leelanau has the higher median household income ($60,500 vs $51,875 in Cedar). Since 2019, Lake Leelanau's population has grown faster (+39.4% vs -75.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar	Lake Leelanau
Population	26	223
Median age	70.7 yrs	17.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,875	$60,500
Median home value	—	$307,700
Median gross rent	$793	—
Housing units	23	77
Homeownership rate	47.8%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.2%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar	Lake Leelanau
Population	106 → 26 (-75.5%)	160 → 223 (+39.4%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $51,875 (+18.6%)	$71,250 → $60,500 (-15.1%)
Median home value	$121,100 → $119,500 (-1.3%)	$172,100 → $307,700 (+78.8%)

Cedar

Population

10626

Median household income

$43,750$51,875

Median home value

$121,100$119,500

Lake Leelanau

Population

160223

Median household income

$71,250$60,500

Median home value

$172,100$307,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar	Lake Leelanau
Under 5	0.0%	9.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	43.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	1.8%
35 to 44	7.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	26.9%	2.2%
55 to 64	7.7%	18.8%
65 to 74	23.1%	11.7%
75 and over	34.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar	Lake Leelanau
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.8%
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%	11.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar	Lake Leelanau
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	11.5%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	42.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar	Lake Leelanau
Drove alone	100.0%	55.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar	Lake Leelanau
1-unit, detached	47.8%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	52.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Cedar	Lake Leelanau
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.8%
Average household size	1.13	3.60
Mean commute (minutes)	14	21
Median year structure built	1938	1992