Galien vs Grand Beach

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

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

Galien has the higher population (519 vs 368 in Grand Beach). Grand Beach has the higher median household income ($115,000 vs $51,458 in Galien). Grand Beach has the higher median home value ($1,081,700 vs $126,300 in Galien).

Population, income & housing

	Galien	Grand Beach
Population	519	368
Median age	31.9 yrs	62.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,458	$115,000
Median home value	$126,300	$1,081,700
Median gross rent	$993	—
Housing units	220	573
Homeownership rate	69.7%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	70.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galien	Grand Beach
Population	473 → 519 (+9.7%)	314 → 368 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $51,458 (-4.3%)	$123,125 → $115,000 (-6.6%)
Median home value	$91,300 → $126,300 (+38.3%)	$686,000 → $1,081,700 (+57.7%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $993 (+25.4%)	—

Galien

Population

473519

Median household income

$53,750$51,458

Median home value

$91,300$126,300

Median gross rent

$792$993

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)

	Galien	Grand Beach
Under 5	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.9%	7.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	1.1%
25 to 34	17.1%	4.3%
35 to 44	16.2%	7.6%
45 to 54	8.1%	14.4%
55 to 64	8.7%	20.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	28.5%
75 and over	5.4%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galien	Grand Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galien	Grand Beach
No high school diploma	14.5%	1.5%
High school graduate	31.0%	6.9%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	35.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galien	Grand Beach
Drove alone	85.6%	48.0%
Carpooled	6.1%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	44.1%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galien	Grand Beach
1-unit, detached	83.2%	99.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	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

	Galien	Grand Beach
Poverty rate	17.7%	2.7%
Average household size	2.46	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1958	1970