Jackson vs Vandercook Lake

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

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

Jackson has the higher population (31,206 vs 4,434 in Vandercook Lake). Vandercook Lake has the higher median household income ($52,337 vs $42,848 in Jackson). Vandercook Lake has the higher median home value ($125,800 vs $94,700 in Jackson).

Population, income & housing

	Jackson	Vandercook Lake
Population	31,206	4,434
Median age	34.9 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,848	$52,337
Median home value	$94,700	$125,800
Median gross rent	$874	$1,094
Housing units	14,811	2,146
Homeownership rate	53.9%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jackson	Vandercook Lake
Population	32,673 → 31,206 (-4.5%)	4,615 → 4,434 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$35,464 → $42,848 (+20.8%)	$46,521 → $52,337 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$68,400 → $94,700 (+38.5%)	$92,500 → $125,800 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $874 (+18.3%)	$841 → $1,094 (+30.1%)

Jackson

Population

32,67331,206

Median household income

$35,464$42,848

Median home value

$68,400$94,700

Median gross rent

$739$874

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)

	Jackson	Vandercook Lake
Under 5	6.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	18.4%	15.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	11.5%
25 to 34	15.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.4%
75 and over	4.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jackson	Vandercook Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	63.9%	87.1%
Black or African American	20.7%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jackson	Vandercook Lake
No high school diploma	11.5%	6.7%
High school graduate	38.9%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jackson	Vandercook Lake
Drove alone	76.5%	88.6%
Carpooled	10.9%	8.2%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	3.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jackson	Vandercook Lake
1-unit, detached	65.9%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Jackson	Vandercook Lake
Poverty rate	25.5%	10.5%
Average household size	2.33	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1938	1956