Lakeport vs Yale

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

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

Yale has the higher population (2,157 vs 746 in Lakeport). Lakeport has the higher median household income ($55,167 vs $50,673 in Yale). Lakeport has the higher median home value ($172,000 vs $112,100 in Yale).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeport	Yale
Population	746	2,157
Median age	43.5 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,167	$50,673
Median home value	$172,000	$112,100
Median gross rent	$1,162	$779
Housing units	478	941
Homeownership rate	86.5%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.6%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	16.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeport	Yale
Population	784 → 746 (-4.8%)	2,082 → 2,157 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$44,554 → $55,167 (+23.8%)	$42,353 → $50,673 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$128,400 → $172,000 (+34.0%)	$83,200 → $112,100 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,107 → $1,162 (+5.0%)	$689 → $779 (+13.1%)

Lakeport

Population

784746

Median household income

$44,554$55,167

Median home value

$128,400$172,000

Median gross rent

$1,107$1,162

Yale

Population

2,0822,157

Median household income

$42,353$50,673

Median home value

$83,200$112,100

Median gross rent

$689$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeport	Yale
Under 5	4.7%	9.9%
5 to 17	18.8%	11.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	13.2%
25 to 34	7.6%	16.6%
35 to 44	16.8%	9.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	16.1%	8.8%
75 and over	6.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeport	Yale
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	94.2%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeport	Yale
No high school diploma	5.2%	11.5%
High school graduate	20.1%	47.6%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.3%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeport	Yale
Drove alone	69.5%	81.0%
Carpooled	10.3%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	2.1%
Other means	4.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeport	Yale
1-unit, detached	79.9%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	7.7%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Lakeport	Yale
Poverty rate	15.6%	21.5%
Average household size	2.18	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	37
Median year structure built	1962	1950