Lake Linden is home to 1,020 people in Michigan. The median age is 45.7, about 7 years above the US median. The typical home is worth $97,000, having more than doubled since 2000. Households here earn about 40% less than in Michigan as a whole. Median rent is $543 a month. People stay put here: 75% were in the same home a year ago.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $43,472, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 45.7
US median: 38.9
Less educated
26% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Lake Linden
What changed most since 1990
White share99.3% → 93.0%(−6.2 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Population1,203 → 1,020(−15%)US over the same years: +35%
Homes owned by their occupants66.5% → 59.5%(−7.0 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Lake Linden's population equals 2.7% of Houghton County's. Its number of veterans equals 5.3% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 6.4% 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)30.2%(32)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)8.5%(9)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era28.3%(30)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War9.4%(10)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II3.8%(4)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 106 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 Linden, decade by decade
Lake Linden 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
1990
1,203
$34,184
$57,842
8.0%
1.9
2000
1,081
$44,146
$78,513
13.4%
7.7
2010
1,007
$47,563
$94,946
17.5%
7.8
2020
1,014
$45,451
$93,812
23.0%
19.6
2024
1,020
$43,472
$97,000
25.9%
16.5
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.
