Muskegon vs Wolf Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Muskegon and Wolf Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Muskegon has the higher population (37,203 vs 4,802 in Wolf Lake). Wolf Lake has the higher median household income ($49,005 vs $46,342 in Muskegon). Muskegon has the higher median home value ($121,800 vs $99,800 in Wolf Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Muskegon	Wolf Lake
Population	37,203	4,802
Median age	36.0 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,342	$49,005
Median home value	$121,800	$99,800
Median gross rent	$927	$992
Housing units	16,023	1,793
Homeownership rate	54.2%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muskegon	Wolf Lake
Population	37,633 → 37,203 (-1.1%)	3,884 → 4,802 (+23.6%)
Median household income	$32,433 → $46,342 (+42.9%)	$43,811 → $49,005 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$73,000 → $121,800 (+66.8%)	$89,100 → $99,800 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $927 (+31.3%)	$795 → $992 (+24.8%)

Muskegon

Population

37,63337,203

Median household income

$32,433$46,342

Median home value

$73,000$121,800

Median gross rent

$706$927

Wolf Lake

Population

3,8844,802

Median household income

$43,811$49,005

Median home value

$89,100$99,800

Median gross rent

$795$992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Muskegon	Wolf Lake
Under 5	6.1%	8.4%
5 to 17	16.5%	14.4%
18 to 24	11.3%	17.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	15.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.2%
75 and over	5.4%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muskegon	Wolf Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	51.6%	83.7%
Black or African American	29.9%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.8%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muskegon	Wolf Lake
No high school diploma	12.6%	13.7%
High school graduate	38.2%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muskegon	Wolf Lake
Drove alone	80.3%	83.5%
Carpooled	10.2%	13.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.0%	3.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muskegon	Wolf Lake
1-unit, detached	64.7%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	34.5%

Poverty & households

	Muskegon	Wolf Lake
Poverty rate	20.2%	14.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1949	1975