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Bear Lake, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Bear Lake is a Census CDP of 343 people across 5.76 square miles of land, in Kalkaska County. Median household income is $67,188, 96.9 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Bear Lake
What Bear Lake is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area5.76 sq mi
- Water area0.63 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land60 plus or minus 24
- County holding the largest share of its areaKalkaska 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.
Bear Lake
How many people live in Bear Lake
- Population343 plus or minus 140
- Median age52.8 plus or minus 16.3
- Population under 187 plus or minus 12
- Share under 182.0 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Population 65 and over139 plus or minus 38
- Share 65 and over40.5 percent plus or minus 20.0
- Households162 plus or minus 53
- Family households120 plus or minus 51
- Share of households that are families74.1 percent plus or minus 20.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bear Lake
Income and work in Bear Lake
- Median household income$67,188 plus or minus $19,809
- Per capita income$38,455 plus or minus $10,369
- Civilian labor force137 plus or minus 84
- Employed120 plus or minus 79
- Unemployed17 plus or minus 19
- Unemployment rate12.4 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Adults 25 and over284 plus or minus 108
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.7 percent plus or minus 43.3
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Bear Lake
- Housing units582
- Occupied units162 plus or minus 53
- Vacant units420
- Vacancy rate72.2 percent
- Owner occupied157 plus or minus 54
- Renter occupied5 plus or minus 6
- Ownership rate96.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$201,500 plus or minus $115,018
- Single family units494
- Share single family84.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes88 plus or minus 45
- Median year structure built1981
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Bear Lake gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute106 plus or minus 60
- Commuting under 15 minutes10 plus or minus 13
- Share commuting under 15 minutes9.4 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more35 plus or minus 27
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more33.0 percent plus or minus 17.4
- Drove alone74.2 percent plus or minus 61.1
- Carpooled14.2 percent plus or minus 15.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home11.7 percent plus or minus 16.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kalkaska County, not Bear Lake
Kalkaska County context, not Bear Lake figures
- Establishments in Kalkaska County353
- Covered employment, Kalkaska County4,860
- Average annual pay, Kalkaska County$60,400
- Housing units permitted, Kalkaska County38
Every figure in this section is published for Kalkaska County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bear Lake.
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.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Bear Lake questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bear Lake, Michigan?
343, in 162 households. Bear Lake CDP covers 5.76 square miles of land, which is 60 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bear Lake in?
Kalkaska 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 Bear Lake?
$67,188. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $201,500. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Bear Lake figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Kalkaska 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 Bear Lake.
Is zoning published for Bear Lake?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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