Wolf Lake is an

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and

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(CDP) in

Muskegon County Muskegon County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of 2020, the population was 175,824. The county seat is Muskegon. Muskegon County comprises the Muskegon, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the larger Grand R ...

in the

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. At the 2020 census, the population of Wolf Lake was 5,034, up from 4,104 in

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. As an unincorporated community, Wolf Lake is governed by

Egelston Township Egelston Township is a general law township (known in other states as a civil township) of Muskegon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 11,128, up from 9,909 in 2010. History Egleston Towns ...

Geography

Wolf Lake is in central Muskegon County, in the western part of Egelston Township. It is east of downtown

Muskegon Muskegon ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Muskegon County, Michigan, United States. Situated around a harbor of Lake Michigan, Muskegon is known for fishing, sailing regattas, and boating. It is the most populous city along Lake Michigan' ...

. According to the

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, the community has a total area of , of which are land and , or 9.66%, are water. Wolf Lake, the community's namesake, is a natural lake in the northern part of the CDP.

Major highways

* is an east–west state trunkline highwayWolf Lake CDP, Michigan - Reference Map - American FactFinder
, U.S Census Bureau, 2000 census that passes through the southern part of the community. The highway, which is one of the longest in the state, is considered a "trans-peninsular" highway, as it runs from Muskegon, on

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, to Port Sanilac, on

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Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 4,455 people, 1,670 households, and 1,202 families residing in the community. The population density was . There were 1,761 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the community was 94.30%

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, 1.03%

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, 1.23% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 1.41% from other races, and 1.93% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 4.22% of the population. There were 1,670 households, out of which 36.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.9% were

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living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.0% were non-families. 22.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.10. In the community, the population was spread out, with 27.9% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.0 males. The median income for a household in the community was $34,799, and the median income for a family was $37,847. Males had a median income of $32,197 versus $25,272 for females. The

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for the community was $16,214. About 6.1% of families and 8.1% of the population were below the

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, including 12.5% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.

References

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