Bay County vs Lapeer County

A side-by-side comparison of Bay County and Lapeer County: population, income, housing, and more.

Bay County and Lapeer County are counties in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bay County has the higher population (103,235 vs 88,703 in Lapeer County). Lapeer County has the higher median household income ($76,228 vs $60,523 in Bay County). Lapeer County has the higher median home value ($229,100 vs $135,100 in Bay County).

Population, income & housing

	Bay County	Lapeer County
Population	103,235	88,703
Median age	43.8 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,523	$76,228
Median home value	$135,100	$229,100
Median gross rent	$809	$959
Housing units	48,620	36,980
Homeownership rate	76.4%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay County	Lapeer County
Population	104,104 → 103,235 (-0.8%)	88,038 → 88,703 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$48,819 → $60,523 (+24.0%)	$62,641 → $76,228 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$102,000 → $135,100 (+32.5%)	$168,800 → $229,100 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $809 (+22.0%)	$788 → $959 (+21.7%)

Bay County

Population

104,104103,235

Median household income

$48,819$60,523

Median home value

$102,000$135,100

Median gross rent

$663$809

Lapeer County

Population

88,03888,703

Median household income

$62,641$76,228

Median home value

$168,800$229,100

Median gross rent

$788$959

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay County	Lapeer County
Under 5	4.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	16.6%
65 to 74	12.7%	12.4%
75 and over	8.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay County	Lapeer County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	90.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay County	Lapeer County
No high school diploma	8.2%	7.7%
High school graduate	33.7%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay County	Lapeer County
Drove alone	83.0%	79.6%
Carpooled	6.6%	9.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.9%
Walked	1.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.4%	7.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay County	Lapeer County
1-unit, detached	76.4%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	3.8%
20 or more units	5.1%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Bay County	Lapeer County
Poverty rate	14.0%	9.8%
Average household size	2.27	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	23	34
Median year structure built	1962	1978