Bellaire vs Mancelona

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

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

Mancelona has the higher population (1,496 vs 929 in Bellaire). Bellaire has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $50,430 in Mancelona). Bellaire has the higher median home value ($182,800 vs $123,900 in Mancelona).

Population, income & housing

	Bellaire	Mancelona
Population	929	1,496
Median age	45.1 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$50,430
Median home value	$182,800	$123,900
Median gross rent	$786	$956
Housing units	555	678
Homeownership rate	66.3%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellaire	Mancelona
Population	1,015 → 929 (-8.5%)	1,574 → 1,496 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$37,353 → $53,750 (+43.9%)	$41,283 → $50,430 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$109,800 → $182,800 (+66.5%)	$75,400 → $123,900 (+64.3%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $786 (+22.8%)	$843 → $956 (+13.4%)

Bellaire

Population

1,015929

Median household income

$37,353$53,750

Median home value

$109,800$182,800

Median gross rent

$640$786

Mancelona

Population

1,5741,496

Median household income

$41,283$50,430

Median home value

$75,400$123,900

Median gross rent

$843$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellaire	Mancelona
Under 5	3.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	11.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	11.9%	13.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	15.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	17.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	14.5%	7.8%
75 and over	8.2%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellaire	Mancelona
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellaire	Mancelona
No high school diploma	4.0%	15.4%
High school graduate	31.3%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellaire	Mancelona
Drove alone	65.9%	82.5%
Carpooled	5.5%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	3.0%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	2.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellaire	Mancelona
1-unit, detached	74.8%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellaire	Mancelona
Poverty rate	10.7%	12.2%
Average household size	1.94	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1971	1967