Michigan Center vs Vandercook Lake

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

Michigan Center and Vandercook Lake 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 4,434 in Vandercook Lake). Michigan Center has the higher median household income ($68,114 vs $52,337 in Vandercook Lake). Michigan Center has the higher median home value ($159,500 vs $125,800 in Vandercook Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Michigan Center	Vandercook Lake
Population	4,623	4,434
Median age	44.0 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,114	$52,337
Median home value	$159,500	$125,800
Median gross rent	$1,051	$1,094
Housing units	2,348	2,146
Homeownership rate	88.0%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Michigan Center	Vandercook Lake
Population	4,797 → 4,623 (-3.6%)	4,615 → 4,434 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$56,373 → $68,114 (+20.8%)	$46,521 → $52,337 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$117,800 → $159,500 (+35.4%)	$92,500 → $125,800 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $1,051 (+28.6%)	$841 → $1,094 (+30.1%)

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

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)

	Michigan Center	Vandercook Lake
Under 5	5.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	15.7%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	11.5%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	17.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.4%
75 and over	6.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Michigan Center	Vandercook Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	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	3.3%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Michigan Center	Vandercook Lake
No high school diploma	7.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	34.4%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Michigan Center	Vandercook Lake
Drove alone	80.0%	88.6%
Carpooled	9.8%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Michigan Center	Vandercook Lake
1-unit, detached	96.2%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Michigan Center	Vandercook Lake
Poverty rate	3.6%	10.5%
Average household size	2.14	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1956	1956