Lakota vs Michigan City

A side-by-side comparison of Lakota and Michigan City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lakota has the higher population (629 vs 278 in Michigan City). Michigan City has the higher median household income ($80,500 vs $63,672 in Lakota). Lakota has the higher median home value ($145,700 vs $89,000 in Michigan City).

Population, income & housing

	Lakota	Michigan City
Population	629	278
Median age	49.2 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,672	$80,500
Median home value	$145,700	$89,000
Median gross rent	$616	$1,044
Housing units	365	143
Homeownership rate	64.2%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakota	Michigan City
Population	670 → 629 (-6.1%)	185 → 278 (+50.3%)
Median household income	$44,643 → $63,672 (+42.6%)	$57,500 → $80,500 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$104,000 → $145,700 (+40.1%)	$72,500 → $89,000 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $616 (+16.2%)	$488 → $1,044 (+113.9%)

Lakota

Population

670629

Median household income

$44,643$63,672

Median home value

$104,000$145,700

Median gross rent

$530$616

Michigan City

Population

185278

Median household income

$57,500$80,500

Median home value

$72,500$89,000

Median gross rent

$488$1,044

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakota	Michigan City
Under 5	7.9%	0.7%
5 to 17	17.0%	12.6%
18 to 24	1.9%	1.8%
25 to 34	11.4%	18.3%
35 to 44	9.4%	14.4%
45 to 54	6.0%	8.6%
55 to 64	18.9%	28.1%
65 to 74	15.4%	10.1%
75 and over	11.9%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakota	Michigan City
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	86.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakota	Michigan City
No high school diploma	6.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	19.8%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	47.0%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakota	Michigan City
Drove alone	65.6%	86.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakota	Michigan City
1-unit, detached	64.7%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	23.3%	2.1%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Lakota	Michigan City
Poverty rate	11.9%	3.2%
Average household size	2.25	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	14	19
Median year structure built	1967	1953