Grass Lake vs Spring Arbor

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

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

Spring Arbor has the higher population (2,385 vs 1,235 in Grass Lake). Spring Arbor has the higher median household income ($77,721 vs $74,306 in Grass Lake). Spring Arbor has the higher median home value ($213,100 vs $199,400 in Grass Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Grass Lake	Spring Arbor
Population	1,235	2,385
Median age	32.5 yrs	22.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,306	$77,721
Median home value	$199,400	$213,100
Median gross rent	$954	$895
Housing units	569	663
Homeownership rate	77.3%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	44.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grass Lake	Spring Arbor
Population	1,230 → 1,235 (+0.4%)	2,402 → 2,385 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$67,619 → $74,306 (+9.9%)	$65,972 → $77,721 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$155,900 → $199,400 (+27.9%)	$180,700 → $213,100 (+17.9%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $954 (+14.5%)	$488 → $895 (+83.4%)

Grass Lake

Population

1,2301,235

Median household income

$67,619$74,306

Median home value

$155,900$199,400

Median gross rent

$833$954

Spring Arbor

Population

2,4022,385

Median household income

$65,972$77,721

Median home value

$180,700$213,100

Median gross rent

$488$895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grass Lake	Spring Arbor
Under 5	9.1%	0.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	9.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	41.6%
25 to 34	22.6%	3.6%
35 to 44	9.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.7%	7.5%
55 to 64	9.2%	6.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.1%
75 and over	6.8%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grass Lake	Spring Arbor
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grass Lake	Spring Arbor
No high school diploma	1.3%	3.3%
High school graduate	29.6%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grass Lake	Spring Arbor
Drove alone	75.5%	41.8%
Carpooled	6.3%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	29.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.3%
Worked from home	15.0%	16.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grass Lake	Spring Arbor
1-unit, detached	74.5%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	18.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grass Lake	Spring Arbor
Poverty rate	6.2%	1.8%
Average household size	2.33	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1954	1988