Luther is a village in Lake County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 332 at the 2020 census. The village is almost evenly split between Newkirk Township on the west and Ellsworth Township on the east. Hillsdale College operates the G. H. Gordon Biological Research Station in Luther.
History
The village was named for William A. Luther, a pioneer settler.
Lynx Nextwork Group, as part of the REACH-3MC project, has run its fiber optics network through the village of Luther providing dedicated private line transport, dedicated internet access, colocation/cloud services, voice services and SIP trunking, and Ethernet services.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water.
Demographics
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 318 people, 137 households, and 84 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 190 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 95.9% White, 0.3% African American, 1.9% Native American, and 1.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.8% of the population.
There were 137 households, of which 25.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.8% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 38.7% were non-families. 34.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.99.
The median age in the village was 40.8 years. 24.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.4% were from 25 to 44; 27.3% were from 45 to 64; and 18.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 48.4% male and 51.6% female.
2000 census
As of the census