Sand Lake, Michigan - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	1,553
Male Share of the Population	51.5%
Female Share of the Population	48.5%
Senior Citizens	34.7%
Employed Population 16+	511
Age of the Population	58

Families

% of people married	56.5%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	7%
Median Earnings25+	$21,534
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$16,875
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$18,631

Wealth

Median Family Income	$39,286
% Above Poverty Level	78.4%
% Below Poverty Level	21.6%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	28 minutes
% Working from Home	3.3%
% Walking and Biking to Work	1.8%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	30.1%
Median Gross Rent	$609
Median House Value	$93,400

Ancestry

Polish	14.1%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	12%
Irish	11.1%
English	10.2%
French Except Basque	8.7%
Italian	5.2%
Canadian	3.9%
Swedish	3.9%
Scottish	3.5%
Dutch	2.5%
Norwegian	1.3%
Hungarian	1.2%
Welsh	0.6%
Croatian	0.5%
Austrian	0.5%
Finnish	0.4%
Czech	0.4%
Greek	0.3%
Danishn	0.3%
Belgian	0.3%
Russian	0.3%
Trinidad Tobago	0.1%
West Indian	0.1%
German	0.1%
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Sand Lake Almanac

Category	Value
County	Kent County
Standard Zip Codes	49343
Phone Area Codes	616
Time Zone
Approximate Latitude	43.29
Approximate Longitude	-85.51

Sand Lake Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	GREENVILLE 2 NNE
Distance	14.9 miles
Jan Temp	13 to 29 F
Apr Temp	33 to 58 F
Jul Temp	57 to 83 F
Oct Temp	38 to 61 F
Annual Precip	34.7 inches

Station	IONIA 2 SSW
Distance	32.3 miles
Jan Temp	14 to 28 F
Apr Temp	35 to 55 F
Jul Temp	60 to 82 F
Oct Temp	39 to 59 F
Annual Precip	35.8 inches

Station	HESPERIA 4 WNW
Distance	35.5 miles
Jan Temp	12 to 29 F
Apr Temp	31 to 55 F
Jul Temp	56 to 81 F
Oct Temp	36 to 59 F
Annual Precip	34 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Cedar Springs	3,651	$51,875
Pierson	189	$43,125
Rockford	6,186	$78,144
Sparta	4,332	$54,728

Sand Lake Public Schools

Sand Lake Elementary School
15 7th St
ZIP: 49343
(616) 636-5669
Primary
Total Enrollment 484

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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