Beecher vs Swartz Creek

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

Beecher and Swartz Creek 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 5,856 in Swartz Creek). Swartz Creek has the higher median household income ($73,862 vs $35,582 in Beecher). Swartz Creek has the higher median home value ($168,900 vs $48,400 in Beecher).

Population, income & housing

	Beecher	Swartz Creek
Population	8,507	5,856
Median age	35.3 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,582	$73,862
Median home value	$48,400	$168,900
Median gross rent	$905	$995
Housing units	4,521	2,774
Homeownership rate	49.8%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	24.5%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beecher	Swartz Creek
Population	9,041 → 8,507 (-5.9%)	5,535 → 5,856 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$28,272 → $35,582 (+25.9%)	$52,702 → $73,862 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$29,300 → $48,400 (+65.2%)	$118,400 → $168,900 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $905 (+23.6%)	$789 → $995 (+26.1%)

Beecher

Population

9,0418,507

Median household income

$28,272$35,582

Median home value

$29,300$48,400

Median gross rent

$732$905

Swartz Creek

Population

5,5355,856

Median household income

$52,702$73,862

Median home value

$118,400$168,900

Median gross rent

$789$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beecher	Swartz Creek
Under 5	8.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	18.6%	12.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	11.1%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	9.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	9.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.6%
75 and over	5.0%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beecher	Swartz Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	24.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	62.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beecher	Swartz Creek
No high school diploma	15.6%	4.0%
High school graduate	41.5%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beecher	Swartz Creek
Drove alone	68.3%	83.6%
Carpooled	15.3%	3.5%
Public transit	9.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	12.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beecher	Swartz Creek
1-unit, detached	83.0%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	14.6%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	14.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Beecher	Swartz Creek
Poverty rate	33.4%	8.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1961	1976