Battle Creek vs Level Park-Oak Park

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

Battle Creek and Level Park-Oak 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 3,367 in Level Park-Oak Park). Level Park-Oak Park has the higher median household income ($70,051 vs $51,699 in Battle Creek). Level Park-Oak Park has the higher median home value ($128,100 vs $127,600 in Battle Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Battle Creek	Level Park-Oak Park
Population	52,392	3,367
Median age	37.6 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,699	$70,051
Median home value	$127,600	$128,100
Median gross rent	$934	$763
Housing units	23,717	1,453
Homeownership rate	65.1%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Battle Creek	Level Park-Oak Park
Population	51,316 → 52,392 (+2.1%)	3,833 → 3,367 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$42,298 → $51,699 (+22.2%)	$44,494 → $70,051 (+57.4%)
Median home value	$86,500 → $127,600 (+47.5%)	$106,400 → $128,100 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $934 (+23.9%)	$1,002 → $763 (-23.9%)

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

Level Park-Oak Park

Population

3,8333,367

Median household income

$44,494$70,051

Median home value

$106,400$128,100

Median gross rent

$1,002$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Battle Creek	Level Park-Oak Park
Under 5	6.3%	10.2%
5 to 17	18.8%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	4.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	16.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	8.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.4%
55 to 64	12.1%	15.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	12.5%
75 and over	6.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Battle Creek	Level Park-Oak Park
White (non-Hispanic)	62.8%	91.0%
Black or African American	15.6%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
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%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Battle Creek	Level Park-Oak Park
No high school diploma	10.0%	9.5%
High school graduate	34.9%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Battle Creek	Level Park-Oak Park
Drove alone	77.0%	82.8%
Carpooled	10.9%	6.4%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	10.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Battle Creek	Level Park-Oak Park
1-unit, detached	68.0%	96.7%
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%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Battle Creek	Level Park-Oak Park
Poverty rate	18.0%	8.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1956	1957