Grass Lake vs Vandercook Lake

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

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

Vandercook Lake has the higher population (4,434 vs 1,235 in Grass Lake). Grass Lake has the higher median household income ($74,306 vs $52,337 in Vandercook Lake). Grass Lake has the higher median home value ($199,400 vs $125,800 in Vandercook Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Grass Lake	Vandercook Lake
Population	1,235	4,434
Median age	32.5 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,306	$52,337
Median home value	$199,400	$125,800
Median gross rent	$954	$1,094
Housing units	569	2,146
Homeownership rate	77.3%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grass Lake	Vandercook Lake
Population	1,230 → 1,235 (+0.4%)	4,615 → 4,434 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$67,619 → $74,306 (+9.9%)	$46,521 → $52,337 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$155,900 → $199,400 (+27.9%)	$92,500 → $125,800 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $954 (+14.5%)	$841 → $1,094 (+30.1%)

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

Vandercook Lake

Population

4,6154,434

Median household income

$46,521$52,337

Median home value

$92,500$125,800

Median gross rent

$841$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grass Lake	Vandercook Lake
Under 5	9.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	13.4%	15.0%
18 to 24	9.1%	11.5%
25 to 34	22.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	9.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	9.2%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.4%
75 and over	6.8%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grass Lake	Vandercook Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
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%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grass Lake	Vandercook Lake
No high school diploma	1.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	29.6%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grass Lake	Vandercook Lake
Drove alone	75.5%	88.6%
Carpooled	6.3%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	3.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grass Lake	Vandercook Lake
1-unit, detached	74.5%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Grass Lake	Vandercook Lake
Poverty rate	6.2%	10.5%
Average household size	2.33	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1954	1956