Bear Lake vs Filer City

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

Bear Lake and Filer City 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 183 in Filer City). Bear Lake has the higher median home value ($126,400 vs $93,100 in Filer City). Since 2019, Filer City's population has grown faster (+221.1% vs +30.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Lake	Filer City
Population	265	183
Median age	43.5 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,886	—
Median home value	$126,400	$93,100
Median gross rent	$1,000	—
Housing units	148	70
Homeownership rate	94.1%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	3.9%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Lake	Filer City
Population	203 → 265 (+30.5%)	57 → 183 (+221.1%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $54,886 (+51.4%)	$86,750 → $84,250 (-2.9%)
Median home value	$95,500 → $126,400 (+32.4%)	$84,200 → $93,100 (+10.6%)
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

Filer City

Population

57183

Median household income

$86,750$84,250

Median home value

$84,200$93,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Lake	Filer City
Under 5	3.0%	10.4%
5 to 17	12.5%	12.0%
18 to 24	17.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.7%
35 to 44	14.7%	15.8%
45 to 54	6.0%	9.8%
55 to 64	15.1%	6.6%
65 to 74	12.5%	17.5%
75 and over	8.3%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Lake	Filer City
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	96.2%
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%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Lake	Filer City
No high school diploma	12.3%	13.2%
High school graduate	42.5%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Lake	Filer City
Drove alone	61.5%	94.1%
Carpooled	36.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Lake	Filer City
1-unit, detached	88.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bear Lake	Filer City
Poverty rate	4.9%	3.8%
Average household size	2.62	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1947	1952