Spring Lake vs Zeeland

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

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

Zeeland has the higher population (5,691 vs 2,530 in Spring Lake). Spring Lake has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $49,367 in Zeeland). Spring Lake has the higher median home value ($271,100 vs $248,100 in Zeeland).

Population, income & housing

	Spring Lake	Zeeland
Population	2,530	5,691
Median age	56.5 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$49,367
Median home value	$271,100	$248,100
Median gross rent	$947	$908
Housing units	1,415	2,661
Homeownership rate	88.1%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.2%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spring Lake	Zeeland
Population	2,390 → 2,530 (+5.9%)	5,572 → 5,691 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$57,250 → $75,000 (+31.0%)	$51,549 → $49,367 (-4.2%)
Median home value	$165,500 → $271,100 (+63.8%)	$149,100 → $248,100 (+66.4%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $947 (+32.1%)	$847 → $908 (+7.2%)

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

Zeeland

Population

5,5725,691

Median household income

$51,549$49,367

Median home value

$149,100$248,100

Median gross rent

$847$908

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spring Lake	Zeeland
Under 5	2.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	11.1%	15.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.0%
25 to 34	8.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	8.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	18.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	22.2%	10.2%
75 and over	11.3%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spring Lake	Zeeland
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spring Lake	Zeeland
No high school diploma	1.2%	6.8%
High school graduate	15.1%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spring Lake	Zeeland
Drove alone	71.2%	85.3%
Carpooled	4.4%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	2.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.8%
Worked from home	18.5%	4.7%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spring Lake	Zeeland
1-unit, detached	66.8%	50.3%
1-unit, attached	15.7%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	26.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	3.0%
20 or more units	10.7%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Spring Lake	Zeeland
Poverty rate	7.9%	11.4%
Average household size	1.98	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	1958	1969