Community Profile
What sold, what is being built, and what the public record says about every city and township in Lake County. Compiled from government sources and updated as they publish.
Lake County closed 20 homes in July at an average of $241,715, averaging 69 days on market, with 115 listings active. Sold, price and days on market are July closings; active is the current count.
| Market | Homes Sold | Active Now | Avg Sold Price | Avg Days on Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin | 12 | 49 | $232,158 | 82 |
| Luther | 4 | 19 | $163,875 | 50 |
| Irons | 2 | 29 | $505,000 | 20 |
| Chase | 1 | 10 | $263,000 | 130 |
| Idlewild | 1 | 8 | $119,900 | 17 |
Where It Is Being Built
Permits pulled for new residential construction in 2025 across Lake County total 30 units at $7,228,631 of construction value, more than in 2022. Where a community's units sit in the five-plus column, it is adding apartments and condominiums rather than subdivisions. The table lists the 1 busiest municipalities, which account for 30 of those units; the rest are spread across the remaining communities.
| Municipality | Single Family | 2 to 4 Units | 5+ Units | Total Units | Construction Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake County | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 | $7,228,631 |
Where Everything Is
Every city and township in the county. Click any one to open its own profile. Boundaries are the Census Bureau's own, so what you see here is exactly what the data above describes.
Every City and Township
All 17 municipalities in Lake County, from the American Community Survey. Median home value here is what owners report their homes are worth across all housing, which runs lower than what changed hands last month. Names link to the municipality's own website where we could verify it.
| Municipality | Population | Median Income | Median Home Value | Owner Occupied | Median Year Built | Commute (min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Plains township | 1,936 | $31,895 | $102,400 | 73.9% | 1970 | 25.2 |
| Webber township | 1,869 | $39,583 | $115,500 | 56.5% | 1980 | 21.5 |
| Baldwin | 1,161 | $23,631 | $104,100 | 38.4% | 1979 | 20.8 |
| Chase township | 1,142 | $59,688 | $121,700 | 83.5% | 1983 | 23.8 |
| Newkirk township | 993 | $54,418 | $103,300 | 68.7% | 1974 | 39.8 |
| Yates township | 921 | $25,223 | $116,500 | 69.0% | 1979 | 35.7 |
| Elk township | 894 | $61,667 | $196,900 | 98.4% | 1985 | 33.8 |
| Lake township | 828 | $50,156 | $124,500 | 99.1% | 1972 | 36.5 |
| Ellsworth township | 788 | $54,808 | $119,100 | 84.9% | 1980 | 27.6 |
| Pinora township | 603 | $58,125 | $113,100 | 92.3% | 1983 | 32.5 |
| Dover township | 487 | $60,139 | $173,900 | 93.6% | 1978 | 31.3 |
| Peacock township | 486 | $45,625 | $118,200 | 95.4% | 1977 | 35.4 |
| Eden township | 443 | $57,917 | $152,200 | 84.8% | 1982 | 33.3 |
| Sauble township | 407 | $36,000 | $195,700 | 90.9% | 1978 | 30.6 |
| Cherry Valley township | 381 | $46,944 | $109,800 | 91.7% | 1983 | 32.3 |
| Luther | 375 | $58,125 | $107,100 | 71.4% | 1943 | 31.9 |
| Sweetwater township | 215 | $48,000 | $165,900 | 93.3% | 1978 | 36.5 |
Worth Knowing
Sourced history and curiosities from this county. More at our Michigan facts page.
Into the Baldwin River, a tributary of the Pere Marquette, on April 11, 1884. A shipment of about 4,900 fry from the federal hatchery at Northville was warming dangerously in transit, so the crew released them off a bridge near Baldwin. A state historical marker stands nearby. Source
It is a lodge full of furniture that Raymond W. Overholzer carved from white pine stumps and roots between the early 1920s and his death in 1952, built as a memorial to the forests logging had erased. The collection includes a dining table made from a single stump. Source
Where This Comes From
Population, income, home value, ownership, housing age and commute times come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey five-year estimates. New construction comes from the Census Building Permits Survey. Sold and active listing figures are Legacy's own read of the MLS for July 2026 closings, Legacy's read as of early August 2026. Local facts carry their own source link.
We do not publish crime statistics or school ratings. Those figures are reported by agency and district rather than by community, they lag by a year or more, and ranking communities on them is not something a brokerage should be doing. For public safety, the FBI publishes reported offenses by the agency that actually covers each community, and for schools the State of Michigan publishes district data directly. Both are linked below so you can read the primary source yourself.
This page is compiled from public government sources for general information only. Legacy Real Estate Partners does not verify, endorse, rank or interpret this data and makes no representation about the suitability of any community for any person. Every community we serve is presented using the same template and the same sources. We are pledged to the letter and spirit of U.S. policy for the achievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the nation.
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