Albion vs Battle Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Albion and Battle Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Battle Creek has the higher population (52,392 vs 7,608 in Albion). Battle Creek has the higher median household income ($51,699 vs $40,040 in Albion). Battle Creek has the higher median home value ($127,600 vs $91,100 in Albion).

Population, income & housing

	Albion	Battle Creek
Population	7,608	52,392
Median age	25.6 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,040	$51,699
Median home value	$91,100	$127,600
Median gross rent	$769	$934
Housing units	2,901	23,717
Homeownership rate	61.6%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albion	Battle Creek
Population	8,336 → 7,608 (-8.7%)	51,316 → 52,392 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$34,467 → $40,040 (+16.2%)	$42,298 → $51,699 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$56,800 → $91,100 (+60.4%)	$86,500 → $127,600 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $769 (+13.1%)	$754 → $934 (+23.9%)

Albion

Population

8,3367,608

Median household income

$34,467$40,040

Median home value

$56,800$91,100

Median gross rent

$680$769

Battle Creek

Population

51,31652,392

Median household income

$42,298$51,699

Median home value

$86,500$127,600

Median gross rent

$754$934

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albion	Battle Creek
Under 5	6.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.5%	18.8%
18 to 24	24.5%	8.4%
25 to 34	10.8%	13.1%
35 to 44	9.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	6.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	12.1%
65 to 74	7.4%	9.8%
75 and over	5.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albion	Battle Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	56.2%	62.8%
Black or African American	32.0%	15.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.4%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albion	Battle Creek
No high school diploma	12.3%	10.0%
High school graduate	38.7%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albion	Battle Creek
Drove alone	68.8%	77.0%
Carpooled	5.7%	10.9%
Public transit	0.5%	1.2%
Walked	11.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.6%	7.2%
Other means	2.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albion	Battle Creek
1-unit, detached	73.6%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	8.7%
20 or more units	4.2%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Albion	Battle Creek
Poverty rate	27.2%	18.0%
Average household size	2.56	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1940	1956