Lakeport vs Ruby

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

Lakeport and Ruby 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 705 in Ruby). Ruby has the higher median household income ($66,910 vs $55,167 in Lakeport). Ruby has the higher median home value ($211,200 vs $172,000 in Lakeport).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeport	Ruby
Population	746	705
Median age	43.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,167	$66,910
Median home value	$172,000	$211,200
Median gross rent	$1,162	$1,087
Housing units	478	293
Homeownership rate	86.5%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.6%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeport	Ruby
Population	784 → 746 (-4.8%)	630 → 705 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$44,554 → $55,167 (+23.8%)	$70,658 → $66,910 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$128,400 → $172,000 (+34.0%)	$158,300 → $211,200 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,107 → $1,162 (+5.0%)	$939 → $1,087 (+15.8%)

Lakeport

Population

784746

Median household income

$44,554$55,167

Median home value

$128,400$172,000

Median gross rent

$1,107$1,162

Ruby

Population

630705

Median household income

$70,658$66,910

Median home value

$158,300$211,200

Median gross rent

$939$1,087

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeport	Ruby
Under 5	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	23.5%
18 to 24	4.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	7.6%	19.3%
35 to 44	16.8%	8.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	8.9%
55 to 64	12.6%	19.6%
65 to 74	16.1%	10.6%
75 and over	6.6%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeport	Ruby
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	89.5%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	10.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeport	Ruby
No high school diploma	5.2%	10.9%
High school graduate	20.1%	15.8%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	22.3%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeport	Ruby
Drove alone	69.5%	72.7%
Carpooled	10.3%	23.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	3.9%
Other means	4.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeport	Ruby
1-unit, detached	79.9%	94.2%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Lakeport	Ruby
Poverty rate	15.6%	3.1%
Average household size	2.18	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1962	1974