Lake County vs Missaukee County

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

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

Missaukee County has the higher population (15,156 vs 12,393 in Lake County). Missaukee County has the higher median household income ($61,868 vs $49,680 in Lake County). Missaukee County has the higher median home value ($163,700 vs $122,900 in Lake County).

Population, income & housing

	Lake County	Missaukee County
Population	12,393	15,156
Median age	50.3 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,680	$61,868
Median home value	$122,900	$163,700
Median gross rent	$863	$838
Housing units	13,432	8,676
Homeownership rate	81.2%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake County	Missaukee County
Population	11,852 → 12,393 (+4.6%)	15,028 → 15,156 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$37,320 → $49,680 (+33.1%)	$47,194 → $61,868 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $122,900 (+39.7%)	$118,700 → $163,700 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $863 (+46.5%)	$736 → $838 (+13.9%)

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

Missaukee County

Population

15,02815,156

Median household income

$47,194$61,868

Median home value

$118,700$163,700

Median gross rent

$736$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake County	Missaukee County
Under 5	3.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	11.4%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	9.3%	12.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	17.7%	15.3%
65 to 74	17.1%	12.8%
75 and over	9.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake County	Missaukee County
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	91.4%
Black or African American	8.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake County	Missaukee County
No high school diploma	17.4%	8.9%
High school graduate	40.2%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake County	Missaukee County
Drove alone	78.5%	79.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	10.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.4%
Walked	2.6%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.1%
Worked from home	7.3%	5.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake County	Missaukee County
1-unit, detached	70.3%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	27.1%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake County	Missaukee County
Poverty rate	20.6%	10.8%
Average household size	2.45	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1977	1980