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Fife Lake village, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Fife Lake village is a Census village of 343 people across 0.73 square miles of land, in Grand Traverse County. Median household income is $68,472, 79.9 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Fife Lake
What Fife Lake is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area0.73 sq mi
- Water area0.44 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land472 plus or minus 106
- County holding the largest share of its areaGrand Traverse County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fife Lake
How many people live in Fife Lake
- Population343 plus or minus 77
- Median age54.2
- Population under 1831 plus or minus 18
- Share under 189.0 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Population 65 and over75 plus or minus 24
- Share 65 and over21.9 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Households159 plus or minus 35
- Family households108 plus or minus 29
- Share of households that are families67.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fife Lake
Income and work in Fife Lake
- Median household income$68,472
- Per capita income$36,607
- Civilian labor force171 plus or minus 46
- Employed165 plus or minus 45
- Unemployed6 plus or minus 5
- Unemployment rate3.5 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Adults 25 and over288 plus or minus 63
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.2 percent plus or minus 28.8
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.9 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.5 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fife Lake
Housing in Fife Lake
- Housing units260 plus or minus 58
- Occupied units159 plus or minus 35
- Vacant units101 plus or minus 45
- Vacancy rate38.8 percent plus or minus 15.0
- Owner occupied127 plus or minus 31
- Renter occupied32 plus or minus 18
- Ownership rate79.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$202,300 plus or minus $41,859
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,632
- Annual rent as a share of median income28.6 percent
- Single family units238 plus or minus 58
- Share single family91.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more7 plus or minus 16
- Share in buildings of two or more2.7 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Mobile homes15 plus or minus 11
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fife Lake
How Fife Lake gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute152 plus or minus 46
- Commuting under 15 minutes17 plus or minus 16
- Share commuting under 15 minutes11.2 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more100 plus or minus 32
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more65.8 percent
- Drove alone81.0 percent
- Carpooled12.3 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home6.7 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fife Lake
SBA 504 lending to Fife Lake borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$301,000
- Average approval$301,000
- Median approval$301,000
- Largest approval$301,000
- Jobs supported0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Grand Traverse County, not Fife Lake
Grand Traverse County context, not Fife Lake figures
These are Grand Traverse County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Fife Lake measurements.
- Establishments in Grand Traverse County3,549
- Employment at those establishments, Grand Traverse County47,454
- Covered employment, Grand Traverse County51,962
- Average annual pay, Grand Traverse County$59,257
- Average weekly wage, Grand Traverse County$1,140
- Housing units permitted, Grand Traverse County883
- Of those, single family, Grand Traverse County353
- County product, 2024, Grand Traverse County$7,470,347,000
- County product change over the prior year, Grand Traverse County4.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Grand Traverse County$95,857
Every figure in this section is published for Grand Traverse County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fife Lake. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Fife Lake questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fife Lake, Michigan?
343, in 159 households. Fife Lake village covers 0.73 square miles of land, which is 472 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fife Lake in?
Grand Traverse County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Fife Lake?
$68,472. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $202,300. Median gross rent is $1,632 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Fife Lake figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Grand Traverse County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Fife Lake.
Is zoning published for Fife Lake?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.