Bellaire vs Elk Rapids

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

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

Elk Rapids has the higher population (1,558 vs 929 in Bellaire). Elk Rapids has the higher median household income ($78,472 vs $53,750 in Bellaire). Elk Rapids has the higher median home value ($348,400 vs $182,800 in Bellaire).

Population, income & housing

	Bellaire	Elk Rapids
Population	929	1,558
Median age	45.1 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$78,472
Median home value	$182,800	$348,400
Median gross rent	$786	$1,032
Housing units	555	1,238
Homeownership rate	66.3%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	46.8%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellaire	Elk Rapids
Population	1,015 → 929 (-8.5%)	1,494 → 1,558 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$37,353 → $53,750 (+43.9%)	$60,536 → $78,472 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$109,800 → $182,800 (+66.5%)	$229,200 → $348,400 (+52.0%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $786 (+22.8%)	$827 → $1,032 (+24.8%)

Bellaire

Population

1,015929

Median household income

$37,353$53,750

Median home value

$109,800$182,800

Median gross rent

$640$786

Elk Rapids

Population

1,4941,558

Median household income

$60,536$78,472

Median home value

$229,200$348,400

Median gross rent

$827$1,032

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellaire	Elk Rapids
Under 5	3.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	11.9%	11.4%
18 to 24	11.9%	4.5%
25 to 34	12.2%	6.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	7.2%
55 to 64	17.8%	19.7%
65 to 74	14.5%	19.3%
75 and over	8.2%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellaire	Elk Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellaire	Elk Rapids
No high school diploma	4.0%	1.9%
High school graduate	31.3%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellaire	Elk Rapids
Drove alone	65.9%	70.5%
Carpooled	5.5%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	14.5%
Bicycle	2.2%	1.2%
Worked from home	15.3%	10.5%
Other means	0.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellaire	Elk Rapids
1-unit, detached	74.8%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Bellaire	Elk Rapids
Poverty rate	10.7%	4.3%
Average household size	1.94	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1971	1967