Bellaire vs Ellsworth

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

Bellaire and Ellsworth 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 284 in Ellsworth). Ellsworth has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $53,750 in Bellaire). Bellaire has the higher median home value ($182,800 vs $153,100 in Ellsworth).

Population, income & housing

	Bellaire	Ellsworth
Population	929	284
Median age	45.1 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$70,000
Median home value	$182,800	$153,100
Median gross rent	$786	$386
Housing units	555	149
Homeownership rate	66.3%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellaire	Ellsworth
Population	1,015 → 929 (-8.5%)	339 → 284 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$37,353 → $53,750 (+43.9%)	$60,938 → $70,000 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$109,800 → $182,800 (+66.5%)	$107,900 → $153,100 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $786 (+22.8%)	$570 → $386 (-32.3%)

Bellaire

Population

1,015929

Median household income

$37,353$53,750

Median home value

$109,800$182,800

Median gross rent

$640$786

Ellsworth

Population

339284

Median household income

$60,938$70,000

Median home value

$107,900$153,100

Median gross rent

$570$386

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellaire	Ellsworth
Under 5	3.1%	6.7%
5 to 17	11.9%	13.0%
18 to 24	11.9%	12.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	7.4%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	9.8%	18.3%
55 to 64	17.8%	9.2%
65 to 74	14.5%	12.0%
75 and over	8.2%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellaire	Ellsworth
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellaire	Ellsworth
No high school diploma	4.0%	2.1%
High school graduate	31.3%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellaire	Ellsworth
Drove alone	65.9%	74.8%
Carpooled	5.5%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	12.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellaire	Ellsworth
1-unit, detached	74.8%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Bellaire	Ellsworth
Poverty rate	10.7%	8.8%
Average household size	1.94	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1971	1971