Sand Lake vs Whittemore

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

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

Sand Lake has the higher population (1,214 vs 447 in Whittemore). Sand Lake has the higher median household income ($49,615 vs $33,056 in Whittemore). Sand Lake has the higher median home value ($139,300 vs $59,600 in Whittemore).

Population, income & housing

	Sand Lake	Whittemore
Population	1,214	447
Median age	61.9 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,615	$33,056
Median home value	$139,300	$59,600
Median gross rent	$633	$425
Housing units	1,664	232
Homeownership rate	91.3%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sand Lake	Whittemore
Population	1,407 → 1,214 (-13.7%)	432 → 447 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$36,684 → $49,615 (+35.2%)	$31,042 → $33,056 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$94,700 → $139,300 (+47.1%)	$50,300 → $59,600 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $633 (+3.4%)	$425 → $425 (+0.0%)

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

Whittemore

Population

432447

Median household income

$31,042$33,056

Median home value

$50,300$59,600

Median gross rent

$425$425

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sand Lake	Whittemore
Under 5	2.2%	10.1%
5 to 17	7.0%	21.7%
18 to 24	2.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	8.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	4.5%	7.6%
45 to 54	8.0%	6.7%
55 to 64	28.3%	18.1%
65 to 74	22.3%	12.5%
75 and over	16.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sand Lake	Whittemore
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.3%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sand Lake	Whittemore
No high school diploma	11.3%	22.4%
High school graduate	32.4%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sand Lake	Whittemore
Drove alone	77.9%	78.7%
Carpooled	5.3%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	11.2%	3.1%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sand Lake	Whittemore
1-unit, detached	91.2%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.2%	18.1%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Sand Lake	Whittemore
Poverty rate	17.5%	21.8%
Average household size	1.95	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	37	31
Median year structure built	1970	1971