Eastlake vs Onekama

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

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

Onekama has the higher population (323 vs 304 in Eastlake). Onekama has the higher median home value ($182,300 vs $117,900 in Eastlake). Since 2019, Onekama's population has grown faster (-29.9% vs -34.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Eastlake	Onekama
Population	304	323
Median age	61.7 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,139	—
Median home value	$117,900	$182,300
Median gross rent	—	$575
Housing units	209	286
Homeownership rate	96.1%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastlake	Onekama
Population	463 → 304 (-34.3%)	461 → 323 (-29.9%)
Median household income	$46,071 → $50,139 (+8.8%)	$71,250 → $50,417 (-29.2%)
Median home value	$85,500 → $117,900 (+37.9%)	$150,000 → $182,300 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$575 → $575 (+0.0%)

Eastlake

Population

463304

Median household income

$46,071$50,139

Median home value

$85,500$117,900

Onekama

Population

461323

Median household income

$71,250$50,417

Median home value

$150,000$182,300

Median gross rent

$575$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastlake	Onekama
Under 5	1.6%	2.2%
5 to 17	6.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	4.3%	2.2%
25 to 34	6.9%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	1.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	16.8%	15.8%
65 to 74	18.8%	31.3%
75 and over	21.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastlake	Onekama
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	93.8%
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%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastlake	Onekama
No high school diploma	9.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	47.2%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastlake	Onekama
Drove alone	92.2%	73.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	22.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastlake	Onekama
1-unit, detached	91.4%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Eastlake	Onekama
Poverty rate	6.6%	1.9%
Average household size	1.99	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1965	1958