Eau Claire vs Grand Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Eau Claire and Grand Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Eau Claire and Grand Beach are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eau Claire has the higher population (507 vs 368 in Grand Beach). Grand Beach has the higher median household income ($115,000 vs $62,500 in Eau Claire). Grand Beach has the higher median home value ($1,081,700 vs $130,000 in Eau Claire).

Population, income & housing

	Eau Claire	Grand Beach
Population	507	368
Median age	37.9 yrs	62.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$115,000
Median home value	$130,000	$1,081,700
Median gross rent	$861	—
Housing units	209	573
Homeownership rate	83.8%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	70.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eau Claire	Grand Beach
Population	740 → 507 (-31.5%)	314 → 368 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$52,250 → $62,500 (+19.6%)	$123,125 → $115,000 (-6.6%)
Median home value	$112,200 → $130,000 (+15.9%)	$686,000 → $1,081,700 (+57.7%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $861 (+0.1%)	—

Eau Claire

Population

740507

Median household income

$52,250$62,500

Median home value

$112,200$130,000

Median gross rent

$860$861

Grand Beach

Population

314368

Median household income

$123,125$115,000

Median home value

$686,000$1,081,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eau Claire	Grand Beach
Under 5	10.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	7.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	1.1%
25 to 34	15.0%	4.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	7.6%
45 to 54	14.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	20.7%
65 to 74	8.9%	28.5%
75 and over	5.1%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eau Claire	Grand Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	89.9%
Black or African American	6.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.7%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eau Claire	Grand Beach
No high school diploma	8.8%	1.5%
High school graduate	28.4%	6.9%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	35.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eau Claire	Grand Beach
Drove alone	84.3%	48.0%
Carpooled	5.2%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	44.1%
Other means	2.6%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eau Claire	Grand Beach
1-unit, detached	87.1%	99.8%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eau Claire	Grand Beach
Poverty rate	18.9%	2.7%
Average household size	2.56	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	20	32
Median year structure built	1968	1970