Eastwood vs South Gull Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Eastwood and South Gull Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eastwood has the higher population (6,704 vs 2,145 in South Gull Lake). South Gull Lake has the higher median household income ($236,094 vs $50,054 in Eastwood). Since 2019, South Gull Lake's population has grown faster (+73.5% vs +18.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Eastwood	South Gull Lake
Population	6,704	2,145
Median age	33.2 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,054	$236,094
Median home value	$133,800	—
Median gross rent	$1,028	—
Housing units	3,088	998
Homeownership rate	58.1%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	82.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastwood	South Gull Lake
Population	5,656 → 6,704 (+18.5%)	1,236 → 2,145 (+73.5%)
Median household income	$51,418 → $50,054 (-2.7%)	$79,265 → $236,094 (+197.9%)
Median home value	$81,800 → $133,800 (+63.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,028 (+14.9%)	$1,086 → $1,115 (+2.7%)

Eastwood

Population

5,6566,704

Median household income

$51,418$50,054

Median home value

$81,800$133,800

Median gross rent

$895$1,028

South Gull Lake

Population

1,2362,145

Median household income

$79,265$236,094

Median gross rent

$1,086$1,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastwood	South Gull Lake
Under 5	9.3%	10.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	13.6%
18 to 24	10.6%	3.9%
25 to 34	18.2%	4.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	18.7%
45 to 54	13.6%	5.8%
55 to 64	8.6%	22.6%
65 to 74	7.3%	10.1%
75 and over	3.8%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastwood	South Gull Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	52.9%	96.7%
Black or African American	27.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	8.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastwood	South Gull Lake
No high school diploma	11.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.0%	5.1%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	11.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	45.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	37.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastwood	South Gull Lake
Drove alone	78.1%	45.0%
Carpooled	12.5%	4.4%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	43.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastwood	South Gull Lake
1-unit, detached	66.8%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eastwood	South Gull Lake
Poverty rate	11.3%	0.7%
Average household size	2.29	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1955	1979