Burton vs Grand Blanc

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

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

Burton has the higher population (29,529 vs 7,995 in Grand Blanc). Grand Blanc has the higher median household income ($67,284 vs $57,767 in Burton). Grand Blanc has the higher median home value ($228,000 vs $131,200 in Burton).

Population, income & housing

	Burton	Grand Blanc
Population	29,529	7,995
Median age	42.5 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,767	$67,284
Median home value	$131,200	$228,000
Median gross rent	$1,006	$854
Housing units	13,325	3,545
Homeownership rate	75.8%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	43.0%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burton	Grand Blanc
Population	28,654 → 29,529 (+3.1%)	7,905 → 7,995 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$48,019 → $57,767 (+20.3%)	$62,673 → $67,284 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$87,600 → $131,200 (+49.8%)	$171,100 → $228,000 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $1,006 (+27.2%)	$691 → $854 (+23.6%)

Burton

Population

28,65429,529

Median household income

$48,019$57,767

Median home value

$87,600$131,200

Median gross rent

$791$1,006

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)

	Burton	Grand Blanc
Under 5	6.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	13.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	12.4%
35 to 44	10.8%	7.6%
45 to 54	13.8%	14.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.5%
75 and over	8.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burton	Grand Blanc
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	75.4%
Black or African American	9.5%	14.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burton	Grand Blanc
No high school diploma	10.5%	7.6%
High school graduate	36.2%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burton	Grand Blanc
Drove alone	78.7%	76.5%
Carpooled	12.5%	4.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.4%
Walked	0.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	16.4%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burton	Grand Blanc
1-unit, detached	79.3%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	15.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	18.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burton	Grand Blanc
Poverty rate	17.1%	7.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	25	40
Median year structure built	1963	1972