Bear Lake vs Stronach

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

Bear Lake and Stronach 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 187 in Stronach). Stronach has the higher median household income ($60,833 vs $54,886 in Bear Lake). Bear Lake has the higher median home value ($126,400 vs $108,100 in Stronach).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Lake	Stronach
Population	265	187
Median age	43.5 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,886	$60,833
Median home value	$126,400	$108,100
Median gross rent	$1,000	—
Housing units	148	90
Homeownership rate	94.1%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Lake	Stronach
Population	203 → 265 (+30.5%)	187 → 187 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $54,886 (+51.4%)	$48,750 → $60,833 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$95,500 → $126,400 (+32.4%)	$86,400 → $108,100 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $1,000 (+43.7%)	$825 → $950 (+15.2%)

Bear Lake

Population

203265

Median household income

$36,250$54,886

Median home value

$95,500$126,400

Median gross rent

$696$1,000

Stronach

Population

187187

Median household income

$48,750$60,833

Median home value

$86,400$108,100

Median gross rent

$825$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Lake	Stronach
Under 5	3.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	11.8%
18 to 24	17.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	20.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	8.0%
45 to 54	6.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	15.1%	21.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	13.4%
75 and over	8.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Lake	Stronach
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.5%	2.1%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Lake	Stronach
No high school diploma	12.3%	11.8%
High school graduate	42.5%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Lake	Stronach
Drove alone	61.5%	91.9%
Carpooled	36.3%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Lake	Stronach
1-unit, detached	88.5%	94.4%
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%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Bear Lake	Stronach
Poverty rate	4.9%	4.3%
Average household size	2.62	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1947	1949