Beecher vs Grand Blanc

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

Beecher and Grand Blanc 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 7,995 in Grand Blanc). Grand Blanc has the higher median household income ($67,284 vs $35,582 in Beecher). Grand Blanc has the higher median home value ($228,000 vs $48,400 in Beecher).

Population, income & housing

	Beecher	Grand Blanc
Population	8,507	7,995
Median age	35.3 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$35,582	$67,284
Median home value	$48,400	$228,000
Median gross rent	$905	$854
Housing units	4,521	3,545
Homeownership rate	49.8%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	43.0%
Unemployment rate	24.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beecher	Grand Blanc
Population	9,041 → 8,507 (-5.9%)	7,905 → 7,995 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$28,272 → $35,582 (+25.9%)	$62,673 → $67,284 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$29,300 → $48,400 (+65.2%)	$171,100 → $228,000 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $905 (+23.6%)	$691 → $854 (+23.6%)

Beecher

Population

9,0418,507

Median household income

$28,272$35,582

Median home value

$29,300$48,400

Median gross rent

$732$905

Grand Blanc

Population

7,9057,995

Median household income

$62,673$67,284

Median home value

$171,100$228,000

Median gross rent

$691$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beecher	Grand Blanc
Under 5	8.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	13.2%
25 to 34	13.4%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	7.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	14.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.5%
75 and over	5.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beecher	Grand Blanc
White (non-Hispanic)	24.0%	75.4%
Black or African American	62.1%	14.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beecher	Grand Blanc
No high school diploma	15.6%	7.6%
High school graduate	41.5%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beecher	Grand Blanc
Drove alone	68.3%	76.5%
Carpooled	15.3%	4.3%
Public transit	9.7%	0.4%
Walked	0.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	16.4%
Other means	0.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beecher	Grand Blanc
1-unit, detached	83.0%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	15.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	18.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beecher	Grand Blanc
Poverty rate	33.4%	7.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	25	40
Median year structure built	1961	1972