Jennings vs Lake City

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

Jennings 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 263 in Jennings). Lake City has the higher median household income ($59,750 vs $41,055 in Jennings). Lake City has the higher median home value ($157,500 vs $88,800 in Jennings).

Population, income & housing

	Jennings	Lake City
Population	263	669
Median age	44.6 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,055	$59,750
Median home value	$88,800	$157,500
Median gross rent	—	$666
Housing units	123	396
Homeownership rate	82.1%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jennings	Lake City
Population	266 → 263 (-1.1%)	771 → 669 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$26,667 → $41,055 (+54.0%)	$45,714 → $59,750 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$57,200 → $88,800 (+55.2%)	$94,500 → $157,500 (+66.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$613 → $666 (+8.6%)

Jennings

Population

266263

Median household income

$26,667$41,055

Median home value

$57,200$88,800

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)

	Jennings	Lake City
Under 5	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	17.1%	19.4%
18 to 24	15.2%	3.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	16.7%
35 to 44	20.5%	9.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	6.0%
55 to 64	36.1%	11.4%
65 to 74	6.5%	18.8%
75 and over	4.6%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jennings	Lake City
White (non-Hispanic)	59.7%	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	40.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jennings	Lake City
No high school diploma	38.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	45.5%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jennings	Lake City
Drove alone	100.0%	75.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jennings	Lake City
1-unit, detached	77.2%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Jennings	Lake City
Poverty rate	21.7%	15.2%
Average household size	2.77	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	—	17
Median year structure built	1951	1965