Bay County vs Lenawee County

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

Bay County and Lenawee 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 98,823 in Lenawee County). Lenawee County has the higher median household income ($67,013 vs $60,523 in Bay County). Lenawee County has the higher median home value ($181,100 vs $135,100 in Bay County).

Population, income & housing

	Bay County	Lenawee County
Population	103,235	98,823
Median age	43.8 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,523	$67,013
Median home value	$135,100	$181,100
Median gross rent	$809	$965
Housing units	48,620	43,747
Homeownership rate	76.4%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay County	Lenawee County
Population	104,104 → 103,235 (-0.8%)	98,381 → 98,823 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$48,819 → $60,523 (+24.0%)	$55,450 → $67,013 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$102,000 → $135,100 (+32.5%)	$139,400 → $181,100 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $809 (+22.0%)	$767 → $965 (+25.8%)

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

Lenawee County

Population

98,38198,823

Median household income

$55,450$67,013

Median home value

$139,400$181,100

Median gross rent

$767$965

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay County	Lenawee County
Under 5	4.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.4%	9.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	12.0%
75 and over	8.6%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay County	Lenawee County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	85.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.2%
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%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay County	Lenawee County
No high school diploma	8.2%	8.6%
High school graduate	33.7%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay County	Lenawee County
Drove alone	83.0%	81.0%
Carpooled	6.6%	7.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.4%	8.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay County	Lenawee County
1-unit, detached	76.4%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	5.1%
20 or more units	5.1%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Bay County	Lenawee County
Poverty rate	14.0%	11.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1962	1969