Glen Arbor vs Lake Leelanau

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

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

Glen Arbor has the higher population (313 vs 223 in Lake Leelanau). Glen Arbor has the higher median household income ($178,750 vs $60,500 in Lake Leelanau). Glen Arbor has the higher median home value ($690,200 vs $307,700 in Lake Leelanau).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Arbor	Lake Leelanau
Population	313	223
Median age	65.7 yrs	17.6 yrs
Median household income	$178,750	$60,500
Median home value	$690,200	$307,700
Housing units	329	77
Homeownership rate	100.0%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.7%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Arbor	Lake Leelanau
Population	129 → 313 (+142.6%)	160 → 223 (+39.4%)
Median household income	$109,167 → $178,750 (+63.7%)	$71,250 → $60,500 (-15.1%)
Median home value	$602,900 → $690,200 (+14.5%)	$172,100 → $307,700 (+78.8%)

Glen Arbor

Population

129313

Median household income

$109,167$178,750

Median home value

$602,900$690,200

Lake Leelanau

Population

160223

Median household income

$71,250$60,500

Median home value

$172,100$307,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glen Arbor	Lake Leelanau
Under 5	0.0%	9.9%
5 to 17	11.8%	43.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	1.9%	1.8%
35 to 44	1.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	7.7%	2.2%
55 to 64	16.0%	18.8%
65 to 74	40.3%	11.7%
75 and over	11.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Arbor	Lake Leelanau
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	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	8.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Arbor	Lake Leelanau
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	9.6%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree	61.4%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Arbor	Lake Leelanau
Drove alone	55.0%	55.1%
Carpooled	2.8%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	12.8%
Bicycle	6.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.0%	17.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Arbor	Lake Leelanau
1-unit, detached	98.2%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Glen Arbor	Lake Leelanau
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.8%
Average household size	1.94	3.60
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1995	1992