Grass Lake vs Springport

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

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

Grass Lake has the higher population (1,235 vs 822 in Springport). Grass Lake has the higher median household income ($74,306 vs $50,000 in Springport). Grass Lake has the higher median home value ($199,400 vs $100,700 in Springport).

Population, income & housing

	Grass Lake	Springport
Population	1,235	822
Median age	32.5 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,306	$50,000
Median home value	$199,400	$100,700
Median gross rent	$954	$875
Housing units	569	339
Homeownership rate	77.3%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grass Lake	Springport
Population	1,230 → 1,235 (+0.4%)	852 → 822 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$67,619 → $74,306 (+9.9%)	$48,150 → $50,000 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$155,900 → $199,400 (+27.9%)	$74,400 → $100,700 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $954 (+14.5%)	$854 → $875 (+2.5%)

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

Springport

Population

852822

Median household income

$48,150$50,000

Median home value

$74,400$100,700

Median gross rent

$854$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grass Lake	Springport
Under 5	9.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.4%	26.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	22.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	9.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	9.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	3.5%
75 and over	6.8%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grass Lake	Springport
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grass Lake	Springport
No high school diploma	1.3%	12.7%
High school graduate	29.6%	49.1%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grass Lake	Springport
Drove alone	75.5%	80.3%
Carpooled	6.3%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	4.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grass Lake	Springport
1-unit, detached	74.5%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Grass Lake	Springport
Poverty rate	6.2%	19.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1954	1949