Lake County vs Presque Isle County

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

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

Presque Isle County has the higher population (13,142 vs 12,393 in Lake County). Presque Isle County has the higher median household income ($56,713 vs $49,680 in Lake County). Presque Isle County has the higher median home value ($135,200 vs $122,900 in Lake County).

Population, income & housing

	Lake County	Presque Isle County
Population	12,393	13,142
Median age	50.3 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,680	$56,713
Median home value	$122,900	$135,200
Median gross rent	$863	$625
Housing units	13,432	9,856
Homeownership rate	81.2%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake County	Presque Isle County
Population	11,852 → 12,393 (+4.6%)	12,714 → 13,142 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$37,320 → $49,680 (+33.1%)	$47,948 → $56,713 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $122,900 (+39.7%)	$105,400 → $135,200 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $863 (+46.5%)	$542 → $625 (+15.3%)

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

Presque Isle County

Population

12,71413,142

Median household income

$47,948$56,713

Median home value

$105,400$135,200

Median gross rent

$542$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake County	Presque Isle County
Under 5	3.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	11.4%	11.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.3%
25 to 34	9.3%	7.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	17.7%	18.4%
65 to 74	17.1%	20.2%
75 and over	9.4%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake County	Presque Isle County
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	94.7%
Black or African American	8.5%	0.2%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake County	Presque Isle County
No high school diploma	17.4%	8.2%
High school graduate	40.2%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake County	Presque Isle County
Drove alone	78.5%	77.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	8.4%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	7.3%	8.9%
Other means	1.5%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake County	Presque Isle County
1-unit, detached	70.3%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	27.1%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake County	Presque Isle County
Poverty rate	20.6%	12.2%
Average household size	2.45	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1977	1972