Holly vs Wolverine Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Holly and Wolverine Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Holly has the higher population (5,971 vs 4,476 in Wolverine Lake). Wolverine Lake has the higher median household income ($88,423 vs $61,221 in Holly). Wolverine Lake has the higher median home value ($270,400 vs $174,900 in Holly).

Population, income & housing

	Holly	Wolverine Lake
Population	5,971	4,476
Median age	43.4 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,221	$88,423
Median home value	$174,900	$270,400
Median gross rent	$974	$1,678
Housing units	2,738	2,013
Homeownership rate	65.7%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holly	Wolverine Lake
Population	6,174 → 5,971 (-3.3%)	4,648 → 4,476 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$53,225 → $61,221 (+15.0%)	$85,019 → $88,423 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$121,200 → $174,900 (+44.3%)	$197,000 → $270,400 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $974 (+35.7%)	$988 → $1,678 (+69.8%)

Holly

Population

6,1745,971

Median household income

$53,225$61,221

Median home value

$121,200$174,900

Median gross rent

$718$974

Wolverine Lake

Population

4,6484,476

Median household income

$85,019$88,423

Median home value

$197,000$270,400

Median gross rent

$988$1,678

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holly	Wolverine Lake
Under 5	5.6%	2.7%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.7%
25 to 34	15.2%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	9.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	20.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.2%
75 and over	8.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holly	Wolverine Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	87.5%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holly	Wolverine Lake
No high school diploma	6.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	32.4%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holly	Wolverine Lake
Drove alone	74.3%	79.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	14.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holly	Wolverine Lake
1-unit, detached	58.1%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	8.7%
20 or more units	12.2%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Holly	Wolverine Lake
Poverty rate	10.0%	6.9%
Average household size	2.23	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1981	1972