Rose City vs Skidway Lake

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

Rose City 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 588 in Rose City). Skidway Lake has the higher median household income ($34,320 vs $26,406 in Rose City). Rose City has the higher median home value ($67,900 vs $53,700 in Skidway Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Rose City	Skidway Lake
Population	588	2,800
Median age	45.3 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$26,406	$34,320
Median home value	$67,900	$53,700
Median gross rent	$538	$844
Housing units	269	2,324
Homeownership rate	57.2%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	16.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rose City	Skidway Lake
Population	656 → 588 (-10.4%)	3,369 → 2,800 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$28,125 → $26,406 (-6.1%)	$29,688 → $34,320 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $67,900 (-10.5%)	$51,600 → $53,700 (+4.1%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $538 (-1.1%)	$641 → $844 (+31.7%)

Rose City

Population

656588

Median household income

$28,125$26,406

Median home value

$75,900$67,900

Median gross rent

$544$538

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)

	Rose City	Skidway Lake
Under 5	6.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.6%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.2%	8.3%
55 to 64	17.9%	17.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	13.1%
75 and over	13.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rose City	Skidway Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	93.6%
Black or African American	1.7%	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	1.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rose City	Skidway Lake
No high school diploma	19.1%	17.8%
High school graduate	47.5%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rose City	Skidway Lake
Drove alone	93.4%	89.3%
Carpooled	6.6%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rose City	Skidway Lake
1-unit, detached	64.3%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	21.2%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Rose City	Skidway Lake
Poverty rate	33.9%	37.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	28	39
Median year structure built	1967	1973