Bear Lake vs Copemish

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

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

Copemish has the higher population (279 vs 265 in Bear Lake). Bear Lake has the higher median household income ($54,886 vs $48,333 in Copemish). Bear Lake has the higher median home value ($126,400 vs $78,500 in Copemish).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Lake	Copemish
Population	265	279
Median age	43.5 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,886	$48,333
Median home value	$126,400	$78,500
Median gross rent	$1,000	—
Housing units	148	131
Homeownership rate	94.1%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	15.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Lake	Copemish
Population	203 → 265 (+30.5%)	143 → 279 (+95.1%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $54,886 (+51.4%)	$48,750 → $48,333 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$95,500 → $126,400 (+32.4%)	$85,600 → $78,500 (-8.3%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $1,000 (+43.7%)	$950 → $925 (-2.6%)

Bear Lake

Population

203265

Median household income

$36,250$54,886

Median home value

$95,500$126,400

Median gross rent

$696$1,000

Copemish

Population

143279

Median household income

$48,750$48,333

Median home value

$85,600$78,500

Median gross rent

$950$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Lake	Copemish
Under 5	3.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	12.5%	12.9%
18 to 24	17.0%	2.2%
25 to 34	10.9%	33.0%
35 to 44	14.7%	3.6%
45 to 54	6.0%	7.5%
55 to 64	15.1%	20.1%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.7%
75 and over	8.3%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Lake	Copemish
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Lake	Copemish
No high school diploma	12.3%	13.0%
High school graduate	42.5%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Lake	Copemish
Drove alone	61.5%	95.0%
Carpooled	36.3%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Lake	Copemish
1-unit, detached	88.5%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Bear Lake	Copemish
Poverty rate	4.9%	12.9%
Average household size	2.62	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1947	1948