Prescott vs Skidway Lake

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

Prescott 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 352 in Prescott). Prescott has the higher median household income ($55,673 vs $34,320 in Skidway Lake). Prescott has the higher median home value ($71,100 vs $53,700 in Skidway Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Prescott	Skidway Lake
Population	352	2,800
Median age	44.8 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,673	$34,320
Median home value	$71,100	$53,700
Median gross rent	$961	$844
Housing units	154	2,324
Homeownership rate	90.6%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	14.8%	16.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prescott	Skidway Lake
Population	246 → 352 (+43.1%)	3,369 → 2,800 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $55,673 (+59.1%)	$29,688 → $34,320 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $71,100 (+29.3%)	$51,600 → $53,700 (+4.1%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $961 (+47.8%)	$641 → $844 (+31.7%)

Prescott

Population

246352

Median household income

$35,000$55,673

Median home value

$55,000$71,100

Median gross rent

$650$961

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)

	Prescott	Skidway Lake
Under 5	3.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.3%	17.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	8.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	17.2%
65 to 74	17.6%	13.1%
75 and over	6.5%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prescott	Skidway Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	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	2.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prescott	Skidway Lake
No high school diploma	17.1%	17.8%
High school graduate	45.0%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prescott	Skidway Lake
Drove alone	71.4%	89.3%
Carpooled	7.1%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prescott	Skidway Lake
1-unit, detached	89.0%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Prescott	Skidway Lake
Poverty rate	23.4%	37.9%
Average household size	3.01	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	25	39
Median year structure built	1965	1973