Lakeport vs Marine City

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

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

Marine City has the higher population (4,047 vs 746 in Lakeport). Marine City has the higher median household income ($63,156 vs $55,167 in Lakeport). Lakeport has the higher median home value ($172,000 vs $146,500 in Marine City).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeport	Marine City
Population	746	4,047
Median age	43.5 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,167	$63,156
Median home value	$172,000	$146,500
Median gross rent	$1,162	$872
Housing units	478	2,266
Homeownership rate	86.5%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.6%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeport	Marine City
Population	784 → 746 (-4.8%)	4,102 → 4,047 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$44,554 → $55,167 (+23.8%)	$50,236 → $63,156 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$128,400 → $172,000 (+34.0%)	$122,300 → $146,500 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,107 → $1,162 (+5.0%)	$803 → $872 (+8.6%)

Lakeport

Population

784746

Median household income

$44,554$55,167

Median home value

$128,400$172,000

Median gross rent

$1,107$1,162

Marine City

Population

4,1024,047

Median household income

$50,236$63,156

Median home value

$122,300$146,500

Median gross rent

$803$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeport	Marine City
Under 5	4.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	18.8%	12.0%
18 to 24	4.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.6%	7.0%
35 to 44	16.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	16.3%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	16.1%	19.6%
75 and over	6.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeport	Marine City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	94.0%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeport	Marine City
No high school diploma	5.2%	10.4%
High school graduate	20.1%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.3%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeport	Marine City
Drove alone	69.5%	78.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	4.3%
Other means	4.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeport	Marine City
1-unit, detached	79.9%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	7.7%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakeport	Marine City
Poverty rate	15.6%	7.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1962	1949