Laingsburg vs New Lothrop

A side-by-side comparison of Laingsburg and New Lothrop: population, income, housing, and more.

Laingsburg and New Lothrop are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Laingsburg has the higher population (1,640 vs 640 in New Lothrop). New Lothrop has the higher median household income ($78,500 vs $75,547 in Laingsburg). Laingsburg has the higher median home value ($202,600 vs $178,100 in New Lothrop).

Population, income & housing

	Laingsburg	New Lothrop
Population	1,640	640
Median age	30.0 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,547	$78,500
Median home value	$202,600	$178,100
Median gross rent	$755	$750
Housing units	556	283
Homeownership rate	69.8%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laingsburg	New Lothrop
Population	1,264 → 1,640 (+29.7%)	628 → 640 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $75,547 (+23.3%)	$46,563 → $78,500 (+68.6%)
Median home value	$142,600 → $202,600 (+42.1%)	$111,300 → $178,100 (+60.0%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $755 (+3.4%)	$750 → $750 (+0.0%)

Laingsburg

Population

1,2641,640

Median household income

$61,250$75,547

Median home value

$142,600$202,600

Median gross rent

$730$755

New Lothrop

Population

628640

Median household income

$46,563$78,500

Median home value

$111,300$178,100

Median gross rent

$750$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laingsburg	New Lothrop
Under 5	18.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.9%	18.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	5.7%	8.9%
75 and over	3.4%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laingsburg	New Lothrop
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	96.9%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.0%
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	4.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laingsburg	New Lothrop
No high school diploma	4.5%	12.1%
High school graduate	29.7%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laingsburg	New Lothrop
Drove alone	84.9%	75.2%
Carpooled	4.1%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.2%	12.3%
Other means	1.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laingsburg	New Lothrop
1-unit, detached	78.1%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	12.7%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Laingsburg	New Lothrop
Poverty rate	26.3%	16.3%
Average household size	3.14	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1970	1971