Lupton vs Skidway Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Lupton and Skidway Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Skidway Lake has the higher population (2,800 vs 283 in Lupton). Lupton has the higher median home value ($77,500 vs $53,700 in Skidway Lake). Since 2019, Lupton's population has grown faster (-3.4% vs -16.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Lupton	Skidway Lake
Population	283	2,800
Median age	54.8 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$34,320
Median home value	$77,500	$53,700
Median gross rent	—	$844
Housing units	183	2,324
Homeownership rate	90.2%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	17.5%	16.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lupton	Skidway Lake
Population	293 → 283 (-3.4%)	3,369 → 2,800 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$38,889 → $58,750 (+51.1%)	$29,688 → $34,320 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$47,100 → $77,500 (+64.5%)	$51,600 → $53,700 (+4.1%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $775 (+7.5%)	$641 → $844 (+31.7%)

Lupton

Population

293283

Median household income

$38,889$58,750

Median home value

$47,100$77,500

Median gross rent

$721$775

Skidway Lake

Population

3,3692,800

Median household income

$29,688$34,320

Median home value

$51,600$53,700

Median gross rent

$641$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lupton	Skidway Lake
Under 5	2.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	12.0%	17.7%
18 to 24	0.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	8.5%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	19.1%	8.3%
55 to 64	28.6%	17.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	13.1%
75 and over	7.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lupton	Skidway Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lupton	Skidway Lake
No high school diploma	3.3%	17.8%
High school graduate	35.4%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	52.5%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lupton	Skidway Lake
Drove alone	70.0%	89.3%
Carpooled	12.0%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lupton	Skidway Lake
1-unit, detached	95.6%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Lupton	Skidway Lake
Poverty rate	38.0%	37.9%
Average household size	2.13	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	43	39
Median year structure built	1950	1973