Emmett vs Lakeport

A side-by-side comparison of Emmett and Lakeport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lakeport has the higher population (746 vs 213 in Emmett). Emmett has the higher median household income ($117,539 vs $55,167 in Lakeport). Lakeport has the higher median home value ($172,000 vs $124,000 in Emmett).

Population, income & housing

	Emmett	Lakeport
Population	213	746
Median age	31.1 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$117,539	$55,167
Median home value	$124,000	$172,000
Median gross rent	$863	$1,162
Housing units	98	478
Homeownership rate	91.8%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	42.6%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emmett	Lakeport
Population	227 → 213 (-6.2%)	784 → 746 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$47,813 → $117,539 (+145.8%)	$44,554 → $55,167 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$121,300 → $124,000 (+2.2%)	$128,400 → $172,000 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $863 (+38.1%)	$1,107 → $1,162 (+5.0%)

Emmett

Population

227213

Median household income

$47,813$117,539

Median home value

$121,300$124,000

Median gross rent

$625$863

Lakeport

Population

784746

Median household income

$44,554$55,167

Median home value

$128,400$172,000

Median gross rent

$1,107$1,162

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emmett	Lakeport
Under 5	6.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	6.1%	18.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	4.4%
25 to 34	40.4%	7.6%
35 to 44	3.8%	16.8%
45 to 54	4.7%	12.5%
55 to 64	23.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	16.1%
75 and over	1.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emmett	Lakeport
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emmett	Lakeport
No high school diploma	16.9%	5.2%
High school graduate	19.8%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	54.8%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emmett	Lakeport
Drove alone	96.2%	69.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	15.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emmett	Lakeport
1-unit, detached	95.9%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Emmett	Lakeport
Poverty rate	2.8%	15.6%
Average household size	2.20	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1938	1962