Beechwood vs Spring Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Beechwood and Spring Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beechwood has the higher population (2,736 vs 2,530 in Spring Lake). Spring Lake has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $68,484 in Beechwood). Spring Lake has the higher median home value ($271,100 vs $231,500 in Beechwood).

Population, income & housing

	Beechwood	Spring Lake
Population	2,736	2,530
Median age	37.8 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,484	$75,000
Median home value	$231,500	$271,100
Median gross rent	$819	$947
Housing units	1,133	1,415
Homeownership rate	67.2%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	42.2%
Unemployment rate	16.8%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beechwood	Spring Lake
Population	3,109 → 2,736 (-12.0%)	2,390 → 2,530 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$56,962 → $68,484 (+20.2%)	$57,250 → $75,000 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$156,400 → $231,500 (+48.0%)	$165,500 → $271,100 (+63.8%)
Median gross rent	$894 → $819 (-8.4%)	$717 → $947 (+32.1%)

Beechwood

Population

3,1092,736

Median household income

$56,962$68,484

Median home value

$156,400$231,500

Median gross rent

$894$819

Spring Lake

Population

2,3902,530

Median household income

$57,250$75,000

Median home value

$165,500$271,100

Median gross rent

$717$947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beechwood	Spring Lake
Under 5	4.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	11.1%
18 to 24	11.8%	5.6%
25 to 34	12.0%	8.3%
35 to 44	17.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	16.1%	10.0%
55 to 64	8.0%	18.5%
65 to 74	6.9%	22.2%
75 and over	6.4%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beechwood	Spring Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	93.6%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beechwood	Spring Lake
No high school diploma	16.7%	1.2%
High school graduate	35.4%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beechwood	Spring Lake
Drove alone	86.0%	71.2%
Carpooled	6.2%	4.4%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	1.2%	18.5%
Other means	1.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beechwood	Spring Lake
1-unit, detached	72.8%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	15.7%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beechwood	Spring Lake
Poverty rate	26.7%	7.9%
Average household size	2.58	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1973	1958