Falmouth vs Lake City

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

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

Lake City has the higher population (669 vs 189 in Falmouth). Lake City has the higher median household income ($59,750 vs $26,058 in Falmouth). Lake City has the higher median home value ($157,500 vs $124,000 in Falmouth).

Population, income & housing

	Falmouth	Lake City
Population	189	669
Median age	52.8 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$26,058	$59,750
Median home value	$124,000	$157,500
Median gross rent	$850	$666
Housing units	95	396
Homeownership rate	82.0%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falmouth	Lake City
Population	194 → 189 (-2.6%)	771 → 669 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$37,656 → $26,058 (-30.8%)	$45,714 → $59,750 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$77,700 → $124,000 (+59.6%)	$94,500 → $157,500 (+66.7%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $850 (+32.6%)	$613 → $666 (+8.6%)

Falmouth

Population

194189

Median household income

$37,656$26,058

Median home value

$77,700$124,000

Median gross rent

$641$850

Lake City

Population

771669

Median household income

$45,714$59,750

Median home value

$94,500$157,500

Median gross rent

$613$666

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falmouth	Lake City
Under 5	5.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	19.4%
18 to 24	10.1%	3.3%
25 to 34	12.2%	16.7%
35 to 44	5.8%	9.6%
45 to 54	4.2%	6.0%
55 to 64	3.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	26.5%	18.8%
75 and over	16.9%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falmouth	Lake City
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.4%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falmouth	Lake City
No high school diploma	24.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	38.5%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falmouth	Lake City
Drove alone	67.2%	75.1%
Carpooled	3.3%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	0.8%
Other means	14.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falmouth	Lake City
1-unit, detached	91.6%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Falmouth	Lake City
Poverty rate	16.9%	15.2%
Average household size	2.12	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	33	17
Median year structure built	1952	1965