Beecher vs Flint

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

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

Flint has the higher population (80,835 vs 8,507 in Beecher). Flint has the higher median household income ($36,194 vs $35,582 in Beecher). Beecher has the higher median home value ($48,400 vs $47,600 in Flint).

Population, income & housing

	Beecher	Flint
Population	8,507	80,835
Median age	35.3 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$35,582	$36,194
Median home value	$48,400	$47,600
Median gross rent	$905	$859
Housing units	4,521	42,543
Homeownership rate	49.8%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	24.5%	17.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beecher	Flint
Population	9,041 → 8,507 (-5.9%)	96,559 → 80,835 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$28,272 → $35,582 (+25.9%)	$28,834 → $36,194 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$29,300 → $48,400 (+65.2%)	$29,500 → $47,600 (+61.4%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $905 (+23.6%)	$716 → $859 (+20.0%)

Beecher

Population

9,0418,507

Median household income

$28,272$35,582

Median home value

$29,300$48,400

Median gross rent

$732$905

Flint

Population

96,55980,835

Median household income

$28,834$36,194

Median home value

$29,500$47,600

Median gross rent

$716$859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beecher	Flint
Under 5	8.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	18.6%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.4%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.7%
75 and over	5.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beecher	Flint
White (non-Hispanic)	24.0%	32.6%
Black or African American	62.1%	56.0%
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%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beecher	Flint
No high school diploma	15.6%	16.7%
High school graduate	41.5%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beecher	Flint
Drove alone	68.3%	71.6%
Carpooled	15.3%	13.1%
Public transit	9.7%	4.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.2%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	8.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beecher	Flint
1-unit, detached	83.0%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.3%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Beecher	Flint
Poverty rate	33.4%	34.4%
Average household size	2.40	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1961	1954