Spring Lake Jobs

Spring Lake is a village in Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,514 at the 2000 census. The village is located within Spring Lake Township. After Captain Benjamin Hopkins purchased land here in 1837 and built a mill, the place became known as "Hopkins Mill". In 1849, Thomas W. White and S.C. Hopkins recorded a plat with the name "Mill Point". A post office was established with that name in May 1851. In May 1867, the post office was renamed "Spring Lake", which was also the name of a station on the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway . The Village of Spring Lake was incorporated in 1869. The post office continues to operate, with ZIP Code 49456.

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Among the most common occupations in Spring Lake are Management, professional, and related occupations, 38%. Sales and office occupations, 24%. and Production, transportation, and material moving occupations, 17%. Approximately 85 percent of workers in Spring Lake, Michigan work for companies, 12 percent work for the government and 2 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Spring Lake Jobs are for crew jobs, sales associate jobs, retail service merchandiser jobs, speech language pathologist jobs, physical therapy jobs and customer service jobs.

The leading industries in Spring Lake, Michigan are Manufacturing, 25%; Educational, health and social services, 20%; and Retail trade, 11%. Simply Hired's Spring Lake job listings indicate that the following industries in Spring Lake are hiring the most workers: Hospitals, Misc Store Retailers, Commercial Banking, Pet Care Services and Chronic & Infectious Disease Hospitals.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Spring Lake, Michigan is $29,140, and the median income of households in Spring Lake was $37,889.

Spring Lake has an unemployment rate of 1.8%, compared the national average of 5.8%.

According to our Spring Lake Trends data, the number of Spring Lake, Michigan jobs has decreased by 26% since April 2008.

Population of Spring Lake Total population 2,514 Male 45.70% Female 54.30% Median age 44.0     Spring Lake Housing Owner-occupied homes 75.1% Median cost of a home $106,800 Median mortgage payment $645 Renter-occupied homes 24.9% Vacant housing 12.0% Median monthly rent $398     Average Income Median for all male full-time $34,293 Median for all female full-time $23,986     Household Income Less than $10,000 10% $10,000 to $14,999 4% $15,000 to $24,999 16% $25,000 to $34,999 16% $35,000 to $49,999 20% $50,000 to $74,999 17% $75,000 to $99,999 7% $100,000 to $149,999 4% $150,000 to $199,999 3% $200,000 or more 2%

Education Less than 9th grade 4% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 7% High school graduate 26% Some college, no degree 23% Associate's degree 9% Bachelor's degree 22% Graduate degree 10%     Marital Status Never married 21% Currently married 58% Separated 1% Widowed 12% Divorced 9%     Race White 99% Black or African American 0% Asian 0% Other 1%     Spring Lake Commute Carpool 5.1% Public transportation 1.4% Average travel time 20 minutes

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