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Cost of living in Paw Paw Lake, Michigan

Paw Paw Lake, Michigan has about 3,889 people. Typical rent is $1,164 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $67,674 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

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Typical rent is $1,164 a month.

Paw Paw Lake is a Census community, not a separate city government in Michigan. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $67,674 a year.

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People
3,889
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,164
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$67,674
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$191,700
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,152
Niles, MI MSA
Gas
$4.237
Midwest (PADD 2), week of October 12, 2026

Paw Paw Lake, Michigan has about 3,889 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $191,700.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Berrien County is $1,152 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Paw Paw Lake. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Niles, MI metro area, prices sit at 92.4 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Michigan taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Paw Paw Lake's exact store tax.

Some places in Michigan add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.16% of income. That is not a Paw Paw Lake bill.

In July 2026, a typical Michigan home paid 23.05¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Paw Paw Lake's bill.

EIA does not publish a Michigan gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the Midwest (PADD 2) all-grades price was $4.237 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $2,033.76 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Michigan shares this price.

Among 409 places we list in Michigan with a rent figure, 93 have higher typical rent than Paw Paw Lake.

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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.