Kent City vs Sand Lake

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

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

Kent City has the higher population (1,218 vs 480 in Sand Lake). Kent City has the higher median household income ($74,375 vs $32,083 in Sand Lake). Sand Lake has the higher median home value ($152,800 vs $134,100 in Kent City).

Population, income & housing

	Kent City	Sand Lake
Population	1,218	480
Median age	34.2 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,375	$32,083
Median home value	$134,100	$152,800
Median gross rent	$325	$561
Housing units	457	222
Homeownership rate	88.7%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kent City	Sand Lake
Population	1,083 → 1,218 (+12.5%)	538 → 480 (-10.8%)
Median household income	$42,132 → $74,375 (+76.5%)	$39,554 → $32,083 (-18.9%)
Median home value	$104,700 → $134,100 (+28.1%)	$96,800 → $152,800 (+57.9%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $325 (-44.4%)	$463 → $561 (+21.2%)

Kent City

Population

1,0831,218

Median household income

$42,132$74,375

Median home value

$104,700$134,100

Median gross rent

$585$325

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)

	Kent City	Sand Lake
Under 5	4.9%	9.0%
5 to 17	21.9%	11.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	20.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.4%
45 to 54	9.2%	9.6%
55 to 64	15.8%	21.0%
65 to 74	5.9%	11.0%
75 and over	3.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kent City	Sand Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	71.8%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	25.7%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kent City	Sand Lake
No high school diploma	18.5%	15.9%
High school graduate	47.8%	51.9%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kent City	Sand Lake
Drove alone	88.1%	77.0%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kent City	Sand Lake
1-unit, detached	59.1%	50.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.9%	34.7%
Mobile home & other	27.8%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Kent City	Sand Lake
Poverty rate	8.3%	11.9%
Average household size	2.76	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1978	1965