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Wolf Lake CDP, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Wolf Lake CDP is a Census CDP of 4,654 people across 3.54 square miles of land, in Muskegon County. Median household income is $51,637, 93.8 percent of occupied homes are owned.
50 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Wolf Lake
What Wolf Lake is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area3.54 sq mi
- Water area0.38 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,313
- County holding the largest share of its areaMuskegon 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.
Wolf Lake
How many people live in Wolf Lake
- Population4,654
- Median age37.4
- Population under 181,012 plus or minus 302
- Share under 1821.7 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Population 65 and over723 plus or minus 199
- Share 65 and over15.5 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Households1,742
- Family households1,266
- Share of households that are families72.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wolf Lake
Income and work in Wolf Lake
- Median household income$51,637 plus or minus $10,743
- Per capita income$23,432
- Civilian labor force2,295 plus or minus 474
- Employed2,106
- Unemployed189 plus or minus 187
- Unemployment rate8.2 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Adults 25 and over3,078
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher2.1 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.5 percent plus or minus 0.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wolf Lake
Housing in Wolf Lake
- Housing units1,774
- Occupied units1,742
- Vacant units32 plus or minus 35
- Vacancy rate1.8 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Owner occupied1,634
- Renter occupied108 plus or minus 81
- Ownership rate93.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$131,400 plus or minus $44,103
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,310 plus or minus $847
- Annual rent as a share of median income30.4 percent plus or minus 20.7
- Single family units1,253
- Share single family70.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more24 plus or minus 25
- Share in buildings of two or more1.4 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Mobile homes497 plus or minus 170
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wolf Lake
How Wolf Lake gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,947 plus or minus 419
- Commuting under 15 minutes437 plus or minus 197
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.4 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more397 plus or minus 169
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more20.4 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Drove alone85.3 percent
- Carpooled9.5 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home4.8 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Muskegon County, not Wolf Lake
Muskegon County context, not Wolf Lake figures
These are Muskegon County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Wolf Lake measurements.
- Establishments in Muskegon County3,147
- Employment at those establishments, Muskegon County51,826
- Covered employment, Muskegon County63,475
- Average annual pay, Muskegon County$53,204
- Average weekly wage, Muskegon County$1,023
- Housing units permitted, Muskegon County423
- Of those, single family, Muskegon County308
- County product, 2024, Muskegon County$8,392,115,000
- County product change over the prior year, Muskegon County5.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Muskegon County$56,743
Every figure in this section is published for Muskegon County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wolf 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- 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
Wolf Lake questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wolf Lake, Michigan?
4,654, in 1,742 households. Wolf Lake CDP covers 3.54 square miles of land, which is 1,313 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wolf Lake in?
Muskegon 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 Wolf Lake?
$51,637. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $131,400. Median gross rent is $1,310 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 Wolf Lake figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Muskegon 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 Wolf Lake.
Is zoning published for Wolf Lake?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.