Beecher vs Burton

A side-by-side comparison of Beecher and Burton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Burton has the higher population (29,529 vs 8,507 in Beecher). Burton has the higher median household income ($57,767 vs $35,582 in Beecher). Burton has the higher median home value ($131,200 vs $48,400 in Beecher).

Population, income & housing

	Beecher	Burton
Population	8,507	29,529
Median age	35.3 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,582	$57,767
Median home value	$48,400	$131,200
Median gross rent	$905	$1,006
Housing units	4,521	13,325
Homeownership rate	49.8%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	24.5%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beecher	Burton
Population	9,041 → 8,507 (-5.9%)	28,654 → 29,529 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$28,272 → $35,582 (+25.9%)	$48,019 → $57,767 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$29,300 → $48,400 (+65.2%)	$87,600 → $131,200 (+49.8%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $905 (+23.6%)	$791 → $1,006 (+27.2%)

Beecher

Population

9,0418,507

Median household income

$28,272$35,582

Median home value

$29,300$48,400

Median gross rent

$732$905

Burton

Population

28,65429,529

Median household income

$48,019$57,767

Median home value

$87,600$131,200

Median gross rent

$791$1,006

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beecher	Burton
Under 5	8.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.6%	14.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.4%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	10.1%
75 and over	5.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beecher	Burton
White (non-Hispanic)	24.0%	79.5%
Black or African American	62.1%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.3%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beecher	Burton
No high school diploma	15.6%	10.5%
High school graduate	41.5%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beecher	Burton
Drove alone	68.3%	78.7%
Carpooled	15.3%	12.5%
Public transit	9.7%	0.4%
Walked	0.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	6.5%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beecher	Burton
1-unit, detached	83.0%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.3%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Beecher	Burton
Poverty rate	33.4%	17.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1961	1963