Alden vs Bellaire

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

Alden 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 92 in Alden). Alden has the higher median household income ($55,893 vs $53,750 in Bellaire). Bellaire has the higher median home value ($182,800 vs $171,900 in Alden).

Population, income & housing

	Alden	Bellaire
Population	92	929
Median age	54.5 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,893	$53,750
Median home value	$171,900	$182,800
Median gross rent	—	$786
Housing units	141	555
Homeownership rate	73.6%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alden	Bellaire
Population	125 → 92 (-26.4%)	1,015 → 929 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $55,893 (-0.6%)	$37,353 → $53,750 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$175,000 → $171,900 (-1.8%)	$109,800 → $182,800 (+66.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$640 → $786 (+22.8%)

Alden

Population

12592

Median household income

$56,250$55,893

Median home value

$175,000$171,900

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)

	Alden	Bellaire
Under 5	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	9.8%	11.9%
18 to 24	6.5%	11.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	15.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	26.1%	9.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	17.8%
65 to 74	20.7%	14.5%
75 and over	6.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alden	Bellaire
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alden	Bellaire
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.0%
High school graduate	35.1%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alden	Bellaire
Drove alone	35.7%	65.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	33.3%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.2%
Worked from home	31.0%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alden	Bellaire
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Alden	Bellaire
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.7%
Average household size	1.74	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	—	17
Median year structure built	1953	1971