Vanderbilt is a village in Otsego County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 587 at the 2000 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.9 km²), all land. As of the census of 2000, there were 587 people, 241 households, and 148 families residing in the village. The population density was 530.6 per square mile (204.2/km²). There were 269 housing units at an average density of 243.2 per square mile (93.6/km²).