Bay View vs Brutus

A side-by-side comparison of Bay View and Brutus: population, income, housing, and more.

Bay View and Brutus are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brutus has the higher population (220 vs 153 in Bay View). Bay View has the higher median home value ($440,700 vs $207,100 in Brutus). Since 2019, Brutus's population has grown faster (+147.2% vs -40.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Bay View	Brutus
Population	153	220
Median age	68.7 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$67,159
Median home value	$440,700	$207,100
Housing units	593	79
Homeownership rate	74.5%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.1%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay View	Brutus
Population	256 → 153 (-40.2%)	89 → 220 (+147.2%)
Median household income	—	$58,542 → $67,159 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$295,000 → $440,700 (+49.4%)	$162,500 → $207,100 (+27.4%)

Bay View

Population

256153

Median home value

$295,000$440,700

Brutus

Population

89220

Median household income

$58,542$67,159

Median home value

$162,500$207,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay View	Brutus
Under 5	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	22.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.8%
25 to 34	10.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	20.9%	21.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	3.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	1.8%
65 to 74	39.9%	21.4%
75 and over	14.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay View	Brutus
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	84.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.8%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay View	Brutus
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	14.4%	56.7%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	43.1%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay View	Brutus
Drove alone	26.7%	54.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	39.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	73.3%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay View	Brutus
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Bay View	Brutus
Poverty rate	6.5%	1.4%
Average household size	1.50	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1938	1994