Buchanan vs St. Joseph

A side-by-side comparison of Buchanan and St. Joseph: population, income, housing, and more.

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

St. Joseph has the higher population (7,805 vs 4,259 in Buchanan). St. Joseph has the higher median household income ($77,765 vs $54,068 in Buchanan). St. Joseph has the higher median home value ($271,100 vs $138,400 in Buchanan).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan	St. Joseph
Population	4,259	7,805
Median age	32.9 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,068	$77,765
Median home value	$138,400	$271,100
Median gross rent	$952	$1,079
Housing units	2,112	4,881
Homeownership rate	56.0%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	51.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan	St. Joseph
Population	4,304 → 4,259 (-1.0%)	8,316 → 7,805 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$42,593 → $54,068 (+26.9%)	$62,374 → $77,765 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$109,700 → $138,400 (+26.2%)	$196,000 → $271,100 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $952 (+41.2%)	$774 → $1,079 (+39.4%)

Buchanan

Population

4,3044,259

Median household income

$42,593$54,068

Median home value

$109,700$138,400

Median gross rent

$674$952

St. Joseph

Population

8,3167,805

Median household income

$62,374$77,765

Median home value

$196,000$271,100

Median gross rent

$774$1,079

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buchanan	St. Joseph
Under 5	9.3%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	10.3%
18 to 24	12.7%	9.6%
25 to 34	15.1%	16.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	8.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	13.4%
75 and over	7.8%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan	St. Joseph
White (non-Hispanic)	79.9%	84.1%
Black or African American	1.8%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	10.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan	St. Joseph
No high school diploma	5.3%	2.6%
High school graduate	34.6%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	45.4%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	20.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan	St. Joseph
Drove alone	80.8%	75.4%
Carpooled	11.7%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.9%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	3.7%	15.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan	St. Joseph
1-unit, detached	62.7%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	21.3%	7.4%
20 or more units	2.8%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan	St. Joseph
Poverty rate	6.7%	7.1%
Average household size	2.39	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1958	1954