Arcadia vs Bear Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Arcadia and Bear Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bear Lake has the higher population (265 vs 123 in Arcadia). Arcadia has the higher median household income ($83,333 vs $54,886 in Bear Lake). Arcadia has the higher median home value ($256,800 vs $126,400 in Bear Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Arcadia	Bear Lake
Population	123	265
Median age	69.2 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$83,333	$54,886
Median home value	$256,800	$126,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,000
Housing units	288	148
Homeownership rate	92.9%	94.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcadia	Bear Lake
Population	255 → 123 (-51.8%)	203 → 265 (+30.5%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $83,333 (+62.6%)	$36,250 → $54,886 (+51.4%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $256,800 (+58.0%)	$95,500 → $126,400 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $967 (+19.4%)	$696 → $1,000 (+43.7%)

Arcadia

Population

255123

Median household income

$51,250$83,333

Median home value

$162,500$256,800

Median gross rent

$810$967

Bear Lake

Population

203265

Median household income

$36,250$54,886

Median home value

$95,500$126,400

Median gross rent

$696$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcadia	Bear Lake
Under 5	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	2.4%	12.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	17.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	10.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.7%
45 to 54	9.8%	6.0%
55 to 64	15.4%	15.1%
65 to 74	50.4%	12.5%
75 and over	13.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcadia	Bear Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcadia	Bear Lake
No high school diploma	8.3%	12.3%
High school graduate	4.2%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	41.7%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcadia	Bear Lake
Drove alone	81.0%	61.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	36.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	9.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcadia	Bear Lake
1-unit, detached	88.9%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Arcadia	Bear Lake
Poverty rate	8.1%	4.9%
Average household size	1.76	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1969	1947