Empire vs Leland

A side-by-side comparison of Empire and Leland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Leland has the higher population (393 vs 384 in Empire). Leland has the higher median household income ($114,250 vs $75,938 in Empire). Leland has the higher median home value ($635,600 vs $368,400 in Empire).

Population, income & housing

	Empire	Leland
Population	384	393
Median age	63.7 yrs	63.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,938	$114,250
Median home value	$368,400	$635,600
Median gross rent	$379	—
Housing units	342	437
Homeownership rate	81.9%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	55.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Empire	Leland
Population	263 → 384 (+46.0%)	226 → 393 (+73.9%)
Median household income	$38,977 → $75,938 (+94.8%)	$71,333 → $114,250 (+60.2%)
Median home value	$227,400 → $368,400 (+62.0%)	$538,000 → $635,600 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$361 → $379 (+5.0%)	$1,029 → $1,140 (+10.8%)

Empire

Population

263384

Median household income

$38,977$75,938

Median home value

$227,400$368,400

Median gross rent

$361$379

Leland

Population

226393

Median household income

$71,333$114,250

Median home value

$538,000$635,600

Median gross rent

$1,029$1,140

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Empire	Leland
Under 5	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	10.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.3%
25 to 34	3.1%	5.9%
35 to 44	8.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	2.1%	7.9%
55 to 64	23.2%	17.6%
65 to 74	27.9%	11.2%
75 and over	17.4%	28.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Empire	Leland
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	87.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Empire	Leland
No high school diploma	1.9%	0.3%
High school graduate	13.9%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	44.7%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Empire	Leland
Drove alone	73.7%	57.8%
Carpooled	6.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	37.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Empire	Leland
1-unit, detached	88.3%	98.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Empire	Leland
Poverty rate	15.1%	1.3%
Average household size	1.99	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1973	1964