Flint vs Flushing

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

Flint and Flushing 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 8,323 in Flushing). Flushing has the higher median household income ($77,372 vs $36,194 in Flint). Flushing has the higher median home value ($189,500 vs $47,600 in Flint).

Population, income & housing

	Flint	Flushing
Population	80,835	8,323
Median age	36.2 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$36,194	$77,372
Median home value	$47,600	$189,500
Median gross rent	$859	$940
Housing units	42,543	3,648
Homeownership rate	55.0%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	17.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flint	Flushing
Population	96,559 → 80,835 (-16.3%)	7,968 → 8,323 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$28,834 → $36,194 (+25.5%)	$62,197 → $77,372 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$29,500 → $47,600 (+61.4%)	$120,300 → $189,500 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $859 (+20.0%)	$739 → $940 (+27.2%)

Flint

Population

96,55980,835

Median household income

$28,834$36,194

Median home value

$29,500$47,600

Median gross rent

$716$859

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)

	Flint	Flushing
Under 5	6.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.4%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.2%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	9.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	14.4%
75 and over	5.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flint	Flushing
White (non-Hispanic)	32.6%	86.0%
Black or African American	56.0%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flint	Flushing
No high school diploma	16.7%	4.1%
High school graduate	36.7%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flint	Flushing
Drove alone	71.6%	78.9%
Carpooled	13.1%	6.6%
Public transit	4.0%	1.1%
Walked	2.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	11.0%
Other means	0.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flint	Flushing
1-unit, detached	79.4%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	4.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Flint	Flushing
Poverty rate	34.4%	6.9%
Average household size	2.33	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1954	1966