Michigan Center vs Spring Arbor

A side-by-side comparison of Michigan Center and Spring Arbor: population, income, housing, and more.

Michigan Center and Spring Arbor are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Michigan Center has the higher population (4,623 vs 2,385 in Spring Arbor). Spring Arbor has the higher median household income ($77,721 vs $68,114 in Michigan Center). Spring Arbor has the higher median home value ($213,100 vs $159,500 in Michigan Center).

Population, income & housing

	Michigan Center	Spring Arbor
Population	4,623	2,385
Median age	44.0 yrs	22.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,114	$77,721
Median home value	$159,500	$213,100
Median gross rent	$1,051	$895
Housing units	2,348	663
Homeownership rate	88.0%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	44.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Michigan Center	Spring Arbor
Population	4,797 → 4,623 (-3.6%)	2,402 → 2,385 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$56,373 → $68,114 (+20.8%)	$65,972 → $77,721 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$117,800 → $159,500 (+35.4%)	$180,700 → $213,100 (+17.9%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $1,051 (+28.6%)	$488 → $895 (+83.4%)

Michigan Center

Population

4,7974,623

Median household income

$56,373$68,114

Median home value

$117,800$159,500

Median gross rent

$817$1,051

Spring Arbor

Population

2,4022,385

Median household income

$65,972$77,721

Median home value

$180,700$213,100

Median gross rent

$488$895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Michigan Center	Spring Arbor
Under 5	5.0%	0.2%
5 to 17	15.7%	9.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	41.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	3.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	7.5%
55 to 64	17.4%	6.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.1%
75 and over	6.5%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Michigan Center	Spring Arbor
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Michigan Center	Spring Arbor
No high school diploma	7.0%	3.3%
High school graduate	34.4%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Michigan Center	Spring Arbor
Drove alone	80.0%	41.8%
Carpooled	9.8%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	29.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.3%
Worked from home	7.7%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Michigan Center	Spring Arbor
1-unit, detached	96.2%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	18.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Michigan Center	Spring Arbor
Poverty rate	3.6%	1.8%
Average household size	2.14	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1956	1988