Cedar Springs vs Lowell

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Springs and Lowell: population, income, housing, and more.

Cedar Springs and Lowell are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lowell has the higher population (4,133 vs 3,661 in Cedar Springs). Lowell has the higher median household income ($71,406 vs $56,711 in Cedar Springs). Lowell has the higher median home value ($231,100 vs $203,400 in Cedar Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Springs	Lowell
Population	3,661	4,133
Median age	39.3 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,711	$71,406
Median home value	$203,400	$231,100
Median gross rent	$1,096	$788
Housing units	1,529	1,795
Homeownership rate	60.1%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Springs	Lowell
Population	3,666 → 3,661 (-0.1%)	4,096 → 4,133 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$48,898 → $56,711 (+16.0%)	$62,278 → $71,406 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$119,200 → $203,400 (+70.6%)	$148,300 → $231,100 (+55.8%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $1,096 (+37.0%)	$829 → $788 (-4.9%)

Cedar Springs

Population

3,6663,661

Median household income

$48,898$56,711

Median home value

$119,200$203,400

Median gross rent

$800$1,096

Lowell

Population

4,0964,133

Median household income

$62,278$71,406

Median home value

$148,300$231,100

Median gross rent

$829$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Springs	Lowell
Under 5	5.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.1%	23.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.4%	9.9%
35 to 44	13.9%	17.9%
45 to 54	15.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.4%	10.3%
65 to 74	4.5%	8.2%
75 and over	6.9%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Springs	Lowell
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Springs	Lowell
No high school diploma	6.7%	7.7%
High school graduate	43.0%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Springs	Lowell
Drove alone	75.5%	77.6%
Carpooled	14.5%	5.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.1%
Worked from home	5.5%	7.1%
Other means	1.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Springs	Lowell
1-unit, detached	55.4%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	18.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Springs	Lowell
Poverty rate	25.3%	9.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1980	1968