Battle Creek vs Brownlee Park

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

Battle Creek and Brownlee Park 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 2,037 in Brownlee Park). Battle Creek has the higher median household income ($51,699 vs $31,653 in Brownlee Park). Battle Creek has the higher median home value ($127,600 vs $73,200 in Brownlee Park).

Population, income & housing

	Battle Creek	Brownlee Park
Population	52,392	2,037
Median age	37.6 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,699	$31,653
Median home value	$127,600	$73,200
Median gross rent	$934	$587
Housing units	23,717	865
Homeownership rate	65.1%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Battle Creek	Brownlee Park
Population	51,316 → 52,392 (+2.1%)	1,686 → 2,037 (+20.8%)
Median household income	$42,298 → $51,699 (+22.2%)	$29,493 → $31,653 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$86,500 → $127,600 (+47.5%)	$47,600 → $73,200 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $934 (+23.9%)	$788 → $587 (-25.5%)

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

Brownlee Park

Population

1,6862,037

Median household income

$29,493$31,653

Median home value

$47,600$73,200

Median gross rent

$788$587

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Battle Creek	Brownlee Park
Under 5	6.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.8%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.1%	15.2%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	8.8%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.8%	12.8%
75 and over	6.1%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Battle Creek	Brownlee Park
White (non-Hispanic)	62.8%	93.6%
Black or African American	15.6%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Battle Creek	Brownlee Park
No high school diploma	10.0%	29.0%
High school graduate	34.9%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Battle Creek	Brownlee Park
Drove alone	77.0%	92.1%
Carpooled	10.9%	3.9%
Public transit	1.2%	0.7%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	2.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Battle Creek	Brownlee Park
1-unit, detached	68.0%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Battle Creek	Brownlee Park
Poverty rate	18.0%	35.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1956	1951