Hanover vs Vineyard Lake

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

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

Vineyard Lake has the higher population (1,038 vs 413 in Hanover). Vineyard Lake has the higher median household income ($83,636 vs $68,333 in Hanover). Vineyard Lake has the higher median home value ($266,900 vs $142,700 in Hanover).

Population, income & housing

	Hanover	Vineyard Lake
Population	413	1,038
Median age	33.2 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,333	$83,636
Median home value	$142,700	$266,900
Median gross rent	$938	—
Housing units	173	768
Homeownership rate	68.3%	98.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hanover	Vineyard Lake
Population	476 → 413 (-13.2%)	642 → 1,038 (+61.7%)
Median household income	$56,111 → $68,333 (+21.8%)	$53,467 → $83,636 (+56.4%)
Median home value	$98,100 → $142,700 (+45.5%)	$115,800 → $266,900 (+130.5%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $938 (+21.0%)	$628 → $628 (+0.0%)

Hanover

Population

476413

Median household income

$56,111$68,333

Median home value

$98,100$142,700

Median gross rent

$775$938

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)

	Hanover	Vineyard Lake
Under 5	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.6%	3.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	4.8%
35 to 44	10.2%	3.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	26.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	32.1%
65 to 74	12.6%	12.2%
75 and over	3.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hanover	Vineyard Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	92.8%
Black or African American	5.6%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hanover	Vineyard Lake
No high school diploma	7.1%	3.7%
High school graduate	55.3%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	32.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hanover	Vineyard Lake
Drove alone	84.8%	68.6%
Carpooled	9.1%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	23.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hanover	Vineyard Lake
1-unit, detached	74.6%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Hanover	Vineyard Lake
Poverty rate	10.4%	1.3%
Average household size	2.52	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	23	62
Median year structure built	1949	1958