Twin Lake vs Wolf Lake

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

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

Wolf Lake has the higher population (4,802 vs 1,997 in Twin Lake). Twin Lake has the higher median household income ($80,150 vs $49,005 in Wolf Lake). Twin Lake has the higher median home value ($232,300 vs $99,800 in Wolf Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Twin Lake	Wolf Lake
Population	1,997	4,802
Median age	47.8 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$80,150	$49,005
Median home value	$232,300	$99,800
Median gross rent	—	$992
Housing units	1,059	1,793
Homeownership rate	94.2%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	19.3%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Twin Lake	Wolf Lake
Population	1,513 → 1,997 (+32.0%)	3,884 → 4,802 (+23.6%)
Median household income	$90,625 → $80,150 (-11.6%)	$43,811 → $49,005 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$161,200 → $232,300 (+44.1%)	$89,100 → $99,800 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$795 → $992 (+24.8%)

Twin Lake

Population

1,5131,997

Median household income

$90,625$80,150

Median home value

$161,200$232,300

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)

	Twin Lake	Wolf Lake
Under 5	4.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	10.4%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	17.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	15.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.9%
45 to 54	17.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	15.7%	7.2%
75 and over	7.5%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Twin Lake	Wolf Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	83.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Twin Lake	Wolf Lake
No high school diploma	1.5%	13.7%
High school graduate	28.3%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Twin Lake	Wolf Lake
Drove alone	88.4%	83.5%
Carpooled	2.1%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.5%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Twin Lake	Wolf Lake
1-unit, detached	98.8%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	34.5%

Poverty & households

	Twin Lake	Wolf Lake
Poverty rate	4.9%	14.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1982	1975