Au Sable vs Sand Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Au Sable and Sand Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Au Sable has the higher population (1,780 vs 1,214 in Sand Lake). Sand Lake has the higher median household income ($49,615 vs $46,369 in Au Sable). Sand Lake has the higher median home value ($139,300 vs $107,900 in Au Sable).

Population, income & housing

	Au Sable	Sand Lake
Population	1,780	1,214
Median age	45.8 yrs	61.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,369	$49,615
Median home value	$107,900	$139,300
Median gross rent	$914	$633
Housing units	830	1,664
Homeownership rate	87.0%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Au Sable	Sand Lake
Population	1,488 → 1,780 (+19.6%)	1,407 → 1,214 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$42,773 → $46,369 (+8.4%)	$36,684 → $49,615 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$73,500 → $107,900 (+46.8%)	$94,700 → $139,300 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $914 (+22.8%)	$612 → $633 (+3.4%)

Au Sable

Population

1,4881,780

Median household income

$42,773$46,369

Median home value

$73,500$107,900

Median gross rent

$744$914

Sand Lake

Population

1,4071,214

Median household income

$36,684$49,615

Median home value

$94,700$139,300

Median gross rent

$612$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Au Sable	Sand Lake
Under 5	6.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	9.6%	7.0%
18 to 24	9.3%	2.8%
25 to 34	13.8%	8.0%
35 to 44	8.0%	4.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	8.0%
55 to 64	17.2%	28.3%
65 to 74	14.4%	22.3%
75 and over	8.5%	16.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Au Sable	Sand Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Au Sable	Sand Lake
No high school diploma	18.4%	11.3%
High school graduate	31.2%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Au Sable	Sand Lake
Drove alone	78.1%	77.9%
Carpooled	13.9%	5.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	11.2%
Other means	0.9%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Au Sable	Sand Lake
1-unit, detached	94.1%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Au Sable	Sand Lake
Poverty rate	13.9%	17.5%
Average household size	2.38	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	18	37
Median year structure built	1972	1970