Alba vs Bellaire

A side-by-side comparison of Alba and Bellaire: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bellaire has the higher population (929 vs 304 in Alba). Alba has the higher median household income ($91,458 vs $53,750 in Bellaire). Bellaire has the higher median home value ($182,800 vs $48,600 in Alba).

Population, income & housing

	Alba	Bellaire
Population	304	929
Median age	35.0 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$91,458	$53,750
Median home value	$48,600	$182,800
Median gross rent	—	$786
Housing units	153	555
Homeownership rate	88.5%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alba	Bellaire
Population	342 → 304 (-11.1%)	1,015 → 929 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$46,375 → $91,458 (+97.2%)	$37,353 → $53,750 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$52,700 → $48,600 (-7.8%)	$109,800 → $182,800 (+66.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$640 → $786 (+22.8%)

Alba

Population

342304

Median household income

$46,375$91,458

Median home value

$52,700$48,600

Bellaire

Population

1,015929

Median household income

$37,353$53,750

Median home value

$109,800$182,800

Median gross rent

$640$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alba	Bellaire
Under 5	13.5%	3.1%
5 to 17	8.6%	11.9%
18 to 24	2.3%	11.9%
25 to 34	25.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	19.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	9.8%
55 to 64	18.4%	17.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	14.5%
75 and over	2.6%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alba	Bellaire
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alba	Bellaire
No high school diploma	7.4%	4.0%
High school graduate	37.4%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alba	Bellaire
Drove alone	81.8%	65.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.9%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.2%
Worked from home	7.3%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alba	Bellaire
1-unit, detached	83.0%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Alba	Bellaire
Poverty rate	8.9%	10.7%
Average household size	2.69	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1958	1971