Beecher vs Flushing

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

Beecher and Flushing 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 8,323 in Flushing). Flushing has the higher median household income ($77,372 vs $35,582 in Beecher). Flushing has the higher median home value ($189,500 vs $48,400 in Beecher).

Population, income & housing

	Beecher	Flushing
Population	8,507	8,323
Median age	35.3 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,582	$77,372
Median home value	$48,400	$189,500
Median gross rent	$905	$940
Housing units	4,521	3,648
Homeownership rate	49.8%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	24.5%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beecher	Flushing
Population	9,041 → 8,507 (-5.9%)	7,968 → 8,323 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$28,272 → $35,582 (+25.9%)	$62,197 → $77,372 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$29,300 → $48,400 (+65.2%)	$120,300 → $189,500 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $905 (+23.6%)	$739 → $940 (+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

Flushing

Population

7,9688,323

Median household income

$62,197$77,372

Median home value

$120,300$189,500

Median gross rent

$739$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beecher	Flushing
Under 5	8.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.3%	14.4%
75 and over	5.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beecher	Flushing
White (non-Hispanic)	24.0%	86.0%
Black or African American	62.1%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	1.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beecher	Flushing
No high school diploma	15.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	41.5%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beecher	Flushing
Drove alone	68.3%	78.9%
Carpooled	15.3%	6.6%
Public transit	9.7%	1.1%
Walked	0.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	11.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beecher	Flushing
1-unit, detached	83.0%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Beecher	Flushing
Poverty rate	33.4%	6.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1961	1966