Canadian Lakes vs Stanwood

A side-by-side comparison of Canadian Lakes and Stanwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Canadian Lakes has the higher population (2,701 vs 163 in Stanwood). Canadian Lakes has the higher median household income ($69,069 vs $51,319 in Stanwood). Canadian Lakes has the higher median home value ($258,900 vs $131,300 in Stanwood).

Population, income & housing

	Canadian Lakes	Stanwood
Population	2,701	163
Median age	65.4 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,069	$51,319
Median home value	$258,900	$131,300
Median gross rent	$800	$950
Housing units	2,360	86
Homeownership rate	89.4%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canadian Lakes	Stanwood
Population	2,574 → 2,701 (+4.9%)	257 → 163 (-36.6%)
Median household income	$58,229 → $69,069 (+18.6%)	$32,361 → $51,319 (+58.6%)
Median home value	$186,300 → $258,900 (+39.0%)	$63,200 → $131,300 (+107.8%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $800 (+0.0%)	$775 → $950 (+22.6%)

Canadian Lakes

Population

2,5742,701

Median household income

$58,229$69,069

Median home value

$186,300$258,900

Median gross rent

$800$800

Stanwood

Population

257163

Median household income

$32,361$51,319

Median home value

$63,200$131,300

Median gross rent

$775$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canadian Lakes	Stanwood
Under 5	2.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	6.7%	6.1%
18 to 24	2.9%	12.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	5.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	7.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	14.5%	20.2%
65 to 74	32.4%	12.3%
75 and over	18.5%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canadian Lakes	Stanwood
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	77.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.9%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canadian Lakes	Stanwood
No high school diploma	0.4%	4.0%
High school graduate	28.0%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canadian Lakes	Stanwood
Drove alone	72.0%	93.2%
Carpooled	9.4%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	2.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canadian Lakes	Stanwood
1-unit, detached	85.0%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Canadian Lakes	Stanwood
Poverty rate	13.3%	3.1%
Average household size	1.89	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1988	1949