Sand Lake village, MI population, income and ZIP codes

Sand Lake village is a very small community in Michigan, with 480 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #556 of 745 ranked by population — larger than 25% of them. The median age here is 43.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Sand Lake village earn a median of $32,083 a year, 59.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 48% below the $61,715 median for the 438 Michigan cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 11.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Sand Lake village is valued at $152,800, 49.6% below the national figure and 8% below the $166,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $561 a month, 60.1% below the national figure, or roughly $6,732 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 52.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

With 480 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Sand Lake village against its county rather than against national figures.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.