Ferrysburg vs Spring Lake

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

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

Ferrysburg has the higher population (2,949 vs 2,530 in Spring Lake). Spring Lake has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $62,096 in Ferrysburg). Spring Lake has the higher median home value ($271,100 vs $225,400 in Ferrysburg).

Population, income & housing

	Ferrysburg	Spring Lake
Population	2,949	2,530
Median age	52.8 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,096	$75,000
Median home value	$225,400	$271,100
Median gross rent	$1,482	$947
Housing units	1,849	1,415
Homeownership rate	88.0%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	42.2%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferrysburg	Spring Lake
Population	3,013 → 2,949 (-2.1%)	2,390 → 2,530 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$67,179 → $62,096 (-7.6%)	$57,250 → $75,000 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$173,600 → $225,400 (+29.8%)	$165,500 → $271,100 (+63.8%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,482 (+66.0%)	$717 → $947 (+32.1%)

Ferrysburg

Population

3,0132,949

Median household income

$67,179$62,096

Median home value

$173,600$225,400

Median gross rent

$893$1,482

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)

	Ferrysburg	Spring Lake
Under 5	4.5%	2.0%
5 to 17	9.3%	11.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	8.3%
35 to 44	6.5%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	18.5%
65 to 74	20.3%	22.2%
75 and over	13.6%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferrysburg	Spring Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	7.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferrysburg	Spring Lake
No high school diploma	2.1%	1.2%
High school graduate	21.0%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	28.2%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferrysburg	Spring Lake
Drove alone	78.5%	71.2%
Carpooled	3.3%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.7%	1.9%
Worked from home	17.4%	18.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferrysburg	Spring Lake
1-unit, detached	67.7%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	18.4%	15.7%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	4.5%
20 or more units	4.9%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ferrysburg	Spring Lake
Poverty rate	6.9%	7.9%
Average household size	1.84	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1982	1958