Beecher vs Davison

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

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

Beecher has the higher population (8,507 vs 5,082 in Davison). Davison has the higher median household income ($50,450 vs $35,582 in Beecher). Davison has the higher median home value ($166,100 vs $48,400 in Beecher).

Population, income & housing

	Beecher	Davison
Population	8,507	5,082
Median age	35.3 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$35,582	$50,450
Median home value	$48,400	$166,100
Median gross rent	$905	$858
Housing units	4,521	2,582
Homeownership rate	49.8%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	24.5%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beecher	Davison
Population	9,041 → 8,507 (-5.9%)	4,937 → 5,082 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$28,272 → $35,582 (+25.9%)	$48,534 → $50,450 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$29,300 → $48,400 (+65.2%)	$116,600 → $166,100 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $905 (+23.6%)	$736 → $858 (+16.6%)

Beecher

Population

9,0418,507

Median household income

$28,272$35,582

Median home value

$29,300$48,400

Median gross rent

$732$905

Davison

Population

4,9375,082

Median household income

$48,534$50,450

Median home value

$116,600$166,100

Median gross rent

$736$858

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beecher	Davison
Under 5	8.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.1%
75 and over	5.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beecher	Davison
White (non-Hispanic)	24.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	62.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beecher	Davison
No high school diploma	15.6%	8.6%
High school graduate	41.5%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beecher	Davison
Drove alone	68.3%	77.7%
Carpooled	15.3%	12.2%
Public transit	9.7%	1.4%
Walked	0.5%	3.5%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.3%
Worked from home	3.9%	4.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beecher	Davison
1-unit, detached	83.0%	51.0%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	14.5%
20 or more units	0.3%	23.6%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Beecher	Davison
Poverty rate	33.4%	16.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1961	1968