Berrien Springs vs Paw Paw Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Berrien Springs and Paw Paw Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Berrien Springs and Paw Paw Lake are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Paw Paw Lake has the higher population (3,794 vs 2,043 in Berrien Springs). Paw Paw Lake has the higher median household income ($65,360 vs $64,545 in Berrien Springs). Paw Paw Lake has the higher median home value ($191,100 vs $148,800 in Berrien Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Berrien Springs	Paw Paw Lake
Population	2,043	3,794
Median age	35.5 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,545	$65,360
Median home value	$148,800	$191,100
Median gross rent	$935	$1,151
Housing units	902	2,762
Homeownership rate	57.6%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berrien Springs	Paw Paw Lake
Population	1,608 → 2,043 (+27.1%)	3,520 → 3,794 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$41,307 → $64,545 (+56.3%)	$52,943 → $65,360 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $148,800 (+28.7%)	$126,200 → $191,100 (+51.4%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $935 (+23.8%)	$736 → $1,151 (+56.4%)

Berrien Springs

Population

1,6082,043

Median household income

$41,307$64,545

Median home value

$115,600$148,800

Median gross rent

$755$935

Paw Paw Lake

Population

3,5203,794

Median household income

$52,943$65,360

Median home value

$126,200$191,100

Median gross rent

$736$1,151

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berrien Springs	Paw Paw Lake
Under 5	5.1%	8.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	14.5%	10.8%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	6.0%
55 to 64	9.6%	15.3%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.0%
75 and over	7.8%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berrien Springs	Paw Paw Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	53.8%	87.2%
Black or African American	19.2%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.1%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.3%
Two or more races	6.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berrien Springs	Paw Paw Lake
No high school diploma	4.4%	9.1%
High school graduate	20.9%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	25.1%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berrien Springs	Paw Paw Lake
Drove alone	69.7%	78.7%
Carpooled	13.9%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	2.4%	2.4%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berrien Springs	Paw Paw Lake
1-unit, detached	65.7%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Berrien Springs	Paw Paw Lake
Poverty rate	14.3%	22.9%
Average household size	2.45	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1951	1960