Lake County vs Mackinac County

A side-by-side comparison of Lake County and Mackinac County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake County has the higher population (12,393 vs 10,865 in Mackinac County). Mackinac County has the higher median household income ($58,598 vs $49,680 in Lake County). Mackinac County has the higher median home value ($165,600 vs $122,900 in Lake County).

Population, income & housing

	Lake County	Mackinac County
Population	12,393	10,865
Median age	50.3 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,680	$58,598
Median home value	$122,900	$165,600
Median gross rent	$863	$761
Housing units	13,432	10,575
Homeownership rate	81.2%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake County	Mackinac County
Population	11,852 → 12,393 (+4.6%)	10,780 → 10,865 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$37,320 → $49,680 (+33.1%)	$47,938 → $58,598 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $122,900 (+39.7%)	$136,600 → $165,600 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $863 (+46.5%)	$602 → $761 (+26.4%)

Lake County

Population

11,85212,393

Median household income

$37,320$49,680

Median home value

$88,000$122,900

Median gross rent

$589$863

Mackinac County

Population

10,78010,865

Median household income

$47,938$58,598

Median home value

$136,600$165,600

Median gross rent

$602$761

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake County	Mackinac County
Under 5	3.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	11.4%	11.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	9.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	17.7%	17.6%
65 to 74	17.1%	17.6%
75 and over	9.4%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake County	Mackinac County
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	71.8%
Black or African American	8.5%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	14.1%
Asian	0.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.7%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake County	Mackinac County
No high school diploma	17.4%	7.8%
High school graduate	40.2%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake County	Mackinac County
Drove alone	78.5%	66.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.3%
Public transit	1.1%	7.6%
Walked	2.6%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	2.9%
Worked from home	7.3%	9.5%
Other means	1.5%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake County	Mackinac County
1-unit, detached	70.3%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	27.1%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Lake County	Mackinac County
Poverty rate	20.6%	16.9%
Average household size	2.45	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1977	1975