Lake Isabella is home to 2,085 people in Michigan. 94% of homes are owner-occupied. At a median age of 48.1, this is an older place than the country as a whole. The foreign-born share is 2%. Median home value sits at $184,000. The poverty rate is 5.8%, under the national 12.5%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $77,500, below the US median
Lake Isabella's population equals 3.2% of Isabella County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 0.8% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 6.3% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)6.6%(12)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)13.7%(25)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era52.7%(96)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1.1%(2)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.1%(2)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 182 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Lake Isabella, decade by decade
Lake Isabella population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
2010
1,681
$81,294
$200,824
26.6%
16.5
2020
1,829
$86,257
$206,774
32.9%
19.7
2024
2,085
$77,500
$184,000
33.0%
25.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
