South Gull Lake vs Westwood

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

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

Westwood has the higher population (8,968 vs 2,145 in South Gull Lake). South Gull Lake has the higher median household income ($236,094 vs $62,408 in Westwood). Since 2019, South Gull Lake's population has grown faster (+73.5% vs -3.3%).

Population, income & housing

	South Gull Lake	Westwood
Population	2,145	8,968
Median age	44.5 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$236,094	$62,408
Median home value	—	$187,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,192
Housing units	998	4,981
Homeownership rate	86.8%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.9%	49.4%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	South Gull Lake	Westwood
Population	1,236 → 2,145 (+73.5%)	9,271 → 8,968 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$79,265 → $236,094 (+197.9%)	$56,500 → $62,408 (+10.5%)
Median home value	—	$129,100 → $187,300 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,086 → $1,115 (+2.7%)	$903 → $1,192 (+32.0%)

South Gull Lake

Population

1,2362,145

Median household income

$79,265$236,094

Median gross rent

$1,086$1,115

Westwood

Population

9,2718,968

Median household income

$56,500$62,408

Median home value

$129,100$187,300

Median gross rent

$903$1,192

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	South Gull Lake	Westwood
Under 5	10.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	11.0%
18 to 24	3.9%	18.7%
25 to 34	4.5%	16.3%
35 to 44	18.7%	15.7%
45 to 54	5.8%	7.3%
55 to 64	22.6%	9.3%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.2%
75 and over	10.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	South Gull Lake	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	72.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	14.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	South Gull Lake	Westwood
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.1%
High school graduate	5.1%	16.1%
Some college or associate's	11.9%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	45.0%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	37.9%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	South Gull Lake	Westwood
Drove alone	45.0%	74.7%
Carpooled	4.4%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	3.6%
Walked	7.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	43.2%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	South Gull Lake	Westwood
1-unit, detached	97.6%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	23.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	South Gull Lake	Westwood
Poverty rate	0.7%	15.2%
Average household size	2.54	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1979	1966