Shirley vs Spring Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Shirley and Spring Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Shirley and Spring Lake are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shirley has the higher population (1,026 vs 215 in Spring Lake). Shirley has the higher median household income ($66,429 vs $59,583 in Spring Lake). Spring Lake has the higher median home value ($155,500 vs $103,700 in Shirley).

Population, income & housing

	Shirley	Spring Lake
Population	1,026	215
Median age	33.2 yrs	64.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,429	$59,583
Median home value	$103,700	$155,500
Median gross rent	$513	—
Housing units	400	121
Homeownership rate	88.0%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shirley	Spring Lake
Population	952 → 1,026 (+7.8%)	214 → 215 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$55,040 → $66,429 (+20.7%)	$64,375 → $59,583 (-7.4%)
Median home value	$78,200 → $103,700 (+32.6%)	$131,700 → $155,500 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $513 (-31.1%)	$933 → $1,000 (+7.2%)

Shirley

Population

9521,026

Median household income

$55,040$66,429

Median home value

$78,200$103,700

Median gross rent

$745$513

Spring Lake

Population

214215

Median household income

$64,375$59,583

Median home value

$131,700$155,500

Median gross rent

$933$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shirley	Spring Lake
Under 5	3.2%	1.4%
5 to 17	27.6%	1.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	11.6%
25 to 34	12.1%	7.9%
35 to 44	15.5%	2.8%
45 to 54	10.6%	8.4%
55 to 64	10.5%	20.9%
65 to 74	5.4%	32.1%
75 and over	6.7%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shirley	Spring Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	97.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shirley	Spring Lake
No high school diploma	10.3%	7.6%
High school graduate	47.1%	49.5%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shirley	Spring Lake
Drove alone	90.7%	78.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	13.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shirley	Spring Lake
1-unit, detached	86.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shirley	Spring Lake
Poverty rate	9.0%	0.9%
Average household size	2.73	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1956	1956