Lake Leelanau vs Leland

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

Lake Leelanau 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 223 in Lake Leelanau). Leland has the higher median household income ($114,250 vs $60,500 in Lake Leelanau). Leland has the higher median home value ($635,600 vs $307,700 in Lake Leelanau).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Leelanau	Leland
Population	223	393
Median age	17.6 yrs	63.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,500	$114,250
Median home value	$307,700	$635,600
Housing units	77	437
Homeownership rate	93.5%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	55.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Leelanau	Leland
Population	160 → 223 (+39.4%)	226 → 393 (+73.9%)
Median household income	$71,250 → $60,500 (-15.1%)	$71,333 → $114,250 (+60.2%)
Median home value	$172,100 → $307,700 (+78.8%)	$538,000 → $635,600 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,029 → $1,140 (+10.8%)

Lake Leelanau

Population

160223

Median household income

$71,250$60,500

Median home value

$172,100$307,700

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)

	Lake Leelanau	Leland
Under 5	9.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	43.5%	10.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.3%
25 to 34	1.8%	5.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	2.2%	7.9%
55 to 64	18.8%	17.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.2%
75 and over	0.0%	28.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Leelanau	Leland
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	87.5%
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	11.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Leelanau	Leland
No high school diploma	4.8%	0.3%
High school graduate	23.1%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	44.2%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	44.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Leelanau	Leland
Drove alone	55.1%	57.8%
Carpooled	14.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.8%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	37.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Leelanau	Leland
1-unit, detached	93.5%	98.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
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	6.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Leelanau	Leland
Poverty rate	1.8%	1.3%
Average household size	3.60	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1992	1964