Bear Lake vs Eastlake

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

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

Eastlake has the higher population (304 vs 265 in Bear Lake). Bear Lake has the higher median household income ($54,886 vs $50,139 in Eastlake). Bear Lake has the higher median home value ($126,400 vs $117,900 in Eastlake).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Lake	Eastlake
Population	265	304
Median age	43.5 yrs	61.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,886	$50,139
Median home value	$126,400	$117,900
Median gross rent	$1,000	—
Housing units	148	209
Homeownership rate	94.1%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Lake	Eastlake
Population	203 → 265 (+30.5%)	463 → 304 (-34.3%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $54,886 (+51.4%)	$46,071 → $50,139 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$95,500 → $126,400 (+32.4%)	$85,500 → $117,900 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $1,000 (+43.7%)	—

Bear Lake

Population

203265

Median household income

$36,250$54,886

Median home value

$95,500$126,400

Median gross rent

$696$1,000

Eastlake

Population

463304

Median household income

$46,071$50,139

Median home value

$85,500$117,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Lake	Eastlake
Under 5	3.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	12.5%	6.3%
18 to 24	17.0%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	6.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	10.5%
45 to 54	6.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	15.1%	16.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	18.8%
75 and over	8.3%	21.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Lake	Eastlake
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.5%	1.6%
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%	12.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Lake	Eastlake
No high school diploma	12.3%	9.0%
High school graduate	42.5%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Lake	Eastlake
Drove alone	61.5%	92.2%
Carpooled	36.3%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Lake	Eastlake
1-unit, detached	88.5%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
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%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Bear Lake	Eastlake
Poverty rate	4.9%	6.6%
Average household size	2.62	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1947	1965