Walled Lake vs Wolverine Lake

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

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

Walled Lake has the higher population (7,275 vs 4,476 in Wolverine Lake). Wolverine Lake has the higher median household income ($88,423 vs $67,335 in Walled Lake). Wolverine Lake has the higher median home value ($270,400 vs $213,000 in Walled Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Walled Lake	Wolverine Lake
Population	7,275	4,476
Median age	40.7 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,335	$88,423
Median home value	$213,000	$270,400
Median gross rent	$1,304	$1,678
Housing units	3,583	2,013
Homeownership rate	60.5%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Walled Lake	Wolverine Lake
Population	7,173 → 7,275 (+1.4%)	4,648 → 4,476 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$52,313 → $67,335 (+28.7%)	$85,019 → $88,423 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$146,900 → $213,000 (+45.0%)	$197,000 → $270,400 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,037 → $1,304 (+25.7%)	$988 → $1,678 (+69.8%)

Walled Lake

Population

7,1737,275

Median household income

$52,313$67,335

Median home value

$146,900$213,000

Median gross rent

$1,037$1,304

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)

	Walled Lake	Wolverine Lake
Under 5	3.9%	2.7%
5 to 17	14.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	17.4%	10.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	16.1%	9.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	20.7%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.2%
75 and over	8.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Walled Lake	Wolverine Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	87.5%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Walled Lake	Wolverine Lake
No high school diploma	3.4%	6.8%
High school graduate	31.9%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Walled Lake	Wolverine Lake
Drove alone	79.9%	79.8%
Carpooled	7.5%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	14.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Walled Lake	Wolverine Lake
1-unit, detached	36.6%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	21.4%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	8.7%
20 or more units	13.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Walled Lake	Wolverine Lake
Poverty rate	11.2%	6.9%
Average household size	2.11	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1979	1972