Blissfield vs Manitou Beach-Devils Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Blissfield and Manitou Beach-Devils Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Blissfield and Manitou Beach-Devils Lake are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blissfield has the higher population (3,236 vs 2,062 in Manitou Beach-Devils Lake). Manitou Beach-Devils Lake has the higher median household income ($85,777 vs $62,386 in Blissfield). Manitou Beach-Devils Lake has the higher median home value ($265,500 vs $164,600 in Blissfield).

Population, income & housing

	Blissfield	Manitou Beach-Devils Lake
Population	3,236	2,062
Median age	40.7 yrs	58.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,386	$85,777
Median home value	$164,600	$265,500
Median gross rent	$953	$933
Housing units	1,320	1,898
Homeownership rate	84.1%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	45.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blissfield	Manitou Beach-Devils Lake
Population	3,276 → 3,236 (-1.2%)	1,724 → 2,062 (+19.6%)
Median household income	$52,151 → $62,386 (+19.6%)	$70,119 → $85,777 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$119,800 → $164,600 (+37.4%)	$233,900 → $265,500 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$805 → $953 (+18.4%)	$544 → $933 (+71.5%)

Blissfield

Population

3,2763,236

Median household income

$52,151$62,386

Median home value

$119,800$164,600

Median gross rent

$805$953

Manitou Beach-Devils Lake

Population

1,7242,062

Median household income

$70,119$85,777

Median home value

$233,900$265,500

Median gross rent

$544$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blissfield	Manitou Beach-Devils Lake
Under 5	9.7%	1.1%
5 to 17	11.7%	11.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	4.9%
25 to 34	13.5%	3.9%
35 to 44	16.0%	7.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	34.1%
75 and over	6.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blissfield	Manitou Beach-Devils Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blissfield	Manitou Beach-Devils Lake
No high school diploma	4.5%	4.7%
High school graduate	33.4%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	47.7%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blissfield	Manitou Beach-Devils Lake
Drove alone	92.1%	81.2%
Carpooled	1.0%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	3.7%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blissfield	Manitou Beach-Devils Lake
1-unit, detached	81.6%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Blissfield	Manitou Beach-Devils Lake
Poverty rate	1.4%	10.5%
Average household size	2.50	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	28	40
Median year structure built	1938	1967