Howard City vs Lakeview

A side-by-side comparison of Howard City and Lakeview: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Howard City has the higher population (1,683 vs 1,049 in Lakeview). Howard City has the higher median household income ($52,663 vs $30,865 in Lakeview). Lakeview has the higher median home value ($152,900 vs $143,800 in Howard City).

Population, income & housing

	Howard City	Lakeview
Population	1,683	1,049
Median age	32.6 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,663	$30,865
Median home value	$143,800	$152,900
Median gross rent	$708	$507
Housing units	754	419
Homeownership rate	73.6%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	21.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howard City	Lakeview
Population	1,589 → 1,683 (+5.9%)	1,012 → 1,049 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$41,346 → $52,663 (+27.4%)	$31,776 → $30,865 (-2.9%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $143,800 (+77.5%)	$85,200 → $152,900 (+79.5%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $708 (+5.8%)	$471 → $507 (+7.6%)

Howard City

Population

1,5891,683

Median household income

$41,346$52,663

Median home value

$81,000$143,800

Median gross rent

$669$708

Lakeview

Population

1,0121,049

Median household income

$31,776$30,865

Median home value

$85,200$152,900

Median gross rent

$471$507

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howard City	Lakeview
Under 5	8.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	11.7%
25 to 34	23.5%	19.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	6.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	8.9%
65 to 74	7.5%	11.6%
75 and over	4.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howard City	Lakeview
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	70.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	17.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howard City	Lakeview
No high school diploma	11.8%	12.3%
High school graduate	48.8%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howard City	Lakeview
Drove alone	78.4%	73.7%
Carpooled	12.3%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	11.4%
Other means	2.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howard City	Lakeview
1-unit, detached	61.5%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	8.6%
20 or more units	4.5%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Howard City	Lakeview
Poverty rate	19.9%	33.1%
Average household size	2.35	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1985	1957