Grass Lake vs Vineyard Lake

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

Grass Lake and Vineyard Lake 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 1,038 in Vineyard Lake). Vineyard Lake has the higher median household income ($83,636 vs $74,306 in Grass Lake). Vineyard Lake has the higher median home value ($266,900 vs $199,400 in Grass Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Grass Lake	Vineyard Lake
Population	1,235	1,038
Median age	32.5 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,306	$83,636
Median home value	$199,400	$266,900
Median gross rent	$954	—
Housing units	569	768
Homeownership rate	77.3%	98.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grass Lake	Vineyard Lake
Population	1,230 → 1,235 (+0.4%)	642 → 1,038 (+61.7%)
Median household income	$67,619 → $74,306 (+9.9%)	$53,467 → $83,636 (+56.4%)
Median home value	$155,900 → $199,400 (+27.9%)	$115,800 → $266,900 (+130.5%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $954 (+14.5%)	$628 → $628 (+0.0%)

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

Vineyard Lake

Population

6421,038

Median household income

$53,467$83,636

Median home value

$115,800$266,900

Median gross rent

$628$628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grass Lake	Vineyard Lake
Under 5	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.4%	3.1%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	22.6%	4.8%
35 to 44	9.4%	3.0%
45 to 54	9.7%	26.7%
55 to 64	9.2%	32.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.2%
75 and over	6.8%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grass Lake	Vineyard Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grass Lake	Vineyard Lake
No high school diploma	1.3%	3.7%
High school graduate	29.6%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	32.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grass Lake	Vineyard Lake
Drove alone	75.5%	68.6%
Carpooled	6.3%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	23.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grass Lake	Vineyard Lake
1-unit, detached	74.5%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Grass Lake	Vineyard Lake
Poverty rate	6.2%	1.3%
Average household size	2.33	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	28	62
Median year structure built	1954	1958