Eastlake vs Filer City

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

Eastlake and Filer City 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 183 in Filer City). Eastlake has the higher median home value ($117,900 vs $93,100 in Filer City). Since 2019, Filer City's population has grown faster (+221.1% vs -34.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Eastlake	Filer City
Population	304	183
Median age	61.7 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,139	—
Median home value	$117,900	$93,100
Housing units	209	70
Homeownership rate	96.1%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	3.9%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastlake	Filer City
Population	463 → 304 (-34.3%)	57 → 183 (+221.1%)
Median household income	$46,071 → $50,139 (+8.8%)	$86,750 → $84,250 (-2.9%)
Median home value	$85,500 → $117,900 (+37.9%)	$84,200 → $93,100 (+10.6%)

Eastlake

Population

463304

Median household income

$46,071$50,139

Median home value

$85,500$117,900

Filer City

Population

57183

Median household income

$86,750$84,250

Median home value

$84,200$93,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastlake	Filer City
Under 5	1.6%	10.4%
5 to 17	6.3%	12.0%
18 to 24	4.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	6.9%	13.7%
35 to 44	10.5%	15.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	9.8%
55 to 64	16.8%	6.6%
65 to 74	18.8%	17.5%
75 and over	21.7%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastlake	Filer City
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	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	12.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastlake	Filer City
No high school diploma	9.0%	13.2%
High school graduate	47.2%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastlake	Filer City
Drove alone	92.2%	94.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastlake	Filer City
1-unit, detached	91.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eastlake	Filer City
Poverty rate	6.6%	3.8%
Average household size	1.99	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1965	1952