Spring Arbor vs Vandercook Lake

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

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

Vandercook Lake has the higher population (4,434 vs 2,385 in Spring Arbor). Spring Arbor has the higher median household income ($77,721 vs $52,337 in Vandercook Lake). Spring Arbor has the higher median home value ($213,100 vs $125,800 in Vandercook Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Spring Arbor	Vandercook Lake
Population	2,385	4,434
Median age	22.9 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,721	$52,337
Median home value	$213,100	$125,800
Median gross rent	$895	$1,094
Housing units	663	2,146
Homeownership rate	68.7%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spring Arbor	Vandercook Lake
Population	2,402 → 2,385 (-0.7%)	4,615 → 4,434 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$65,972 → $77,721 (+17.8%)	$46,521 → $52,337 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$180,700 → $213,100 (+17.9%)	$92,500 → $125,800 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $895 (+83.4%)	$841 → $1,094 (+30.1%)

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

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)

	Spring Arbor	Vandercook Lake
Under 5	0.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	9.3%	15.0%
18 to 24	41.6%	11.5%
25 to 34	3.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	7.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	6.3%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.4%
75 and over	10.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spring Arbor	Vandercook Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spring Arbor	Vandercook Lake
No high school diploma	3.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	22.3%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spring Arbor	Vandercook Lake
Drove alone	41.8%	88.6%
Carpooled	10.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	29.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	3.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spring Arbor	Vandercook Lake
1-unit, detached	56.1%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	18.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Spring Arbor	Vandercook Lake
Poverty rate	1.8%	10.5%
Average household size	2.50	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1988	1956