Cedar Springs vs Sand Lake

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

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

Cedar Springs has the higher population (3,661 vs 480 in Sand Lake). Cedar Springs has the higher median household income ($56,711 vs $32,083 in Sand Lake). Cedar Springs has the higher median home value ($203,400 vs $152,800 in Sand Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Springs	Sand Lake
Population	3,661	480
Median age	39.3 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,711	$32,083
Median home value	$203,400	$152,800
Median gross rent	$1,096	$561
Housing units	1,529	222
Homeownership rate	60.1%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Springs	Sand Lake
Population	3,666 → 3,661 (-0.1%)	538 → 480 (-10.8%)
Median household income	$48,898 → $56,711 (+16.0%)	$39,554 → $32,083 (-18.9%)
Median home value	$119,200 → $203,400 (+70.6%)	$96,800 → $152,800 (+57.9%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $1,096 (+37.0%)	$463 → $561 (+21.2%)

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

Sand Lake

Population

538480

Median household income

$39,554$32,083

Median home value

$96,800$152,800

Median gross rent

$463$561

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Springs	Sand Lake
Under 5	5.2%	9.0%
5 to 17	18.1%	11.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	15.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	15.4%	21.0%
65 to 74	4.5%	11.0%
75 and over	6.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Springs	Sand Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Springs	Sand Lake
No high school diploma	6.7%	15.9%
High school graduate	43.0%	51.9%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Springs	Sand Lake
Drove alone	75.5%	77.0%
Carpooled	14.5%	7.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	5.6%
Other means	1.2%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Springs	Sand Lake
1-unit, detached	55.4%	50.9%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.6%	34.7%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Springs	Sand Lake
Poverty rate	25.3%	11.9%
Average household size	2.44	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1980	1965