Spring Lake vs Willow Branch

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

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

Spring Lake has the higher population (215 vs 129 in Willow Branch). Willow Branch has the higher median home value ($310,000 vs $155,500 in Spring Lake). Since 2019, Willow Branch's population has grown faster (+4.9% vs +0.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Spring Lake	Willow Branch
Population	215	129
Median age	64.1 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,583	—
Median home value	$155,500	$310,000
Housing units	121	45
Homeownership rate	95.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spring Lake	Willow Branch
Population	214 → 215 (+0.5%)	123 → 129 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$64,375 → $59,583 (-7.4%)	—
Median home value	$131,700 → $155,500 (+18.1%)	$184,800 → $310,000 (+67.7%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $1,000 (+7.2%)	—

Spring Lake

Population

214215

Median household income

$64,375$59,583

Median home value

$131,700$155,500

Median gross rent

$933$1,000

Willow Branch

Population

123129

Median home value

$184,800$310,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spring Lake	Willow Branch
Under 5	1.4%	10.1%
5 to 17	1.4%	34.9%
18 to 24	11.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	2.8%	23.3%
45 to 54	8.4%	3.1%
55 to 64	20.9%	15.5%
65 to 74	32.1%	0.0%
75 and over	13.5%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spring Lake	Willow Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spring Lake	Willow Branch
No high school diploma	7.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	49.5%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spring Lake	Willow Branch
Drove alone	78.0%	82.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spring Lake	Willow Branch
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Spring Lake	Willow Branch
Poverty rate	0.9%	79.1%
Average household size	1.78	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1956	1938