Flint vs Grand Blanc

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

Flint and Grand Blanc 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 7,995 in Grand Blanc). Grand Blanc has the higher median household income ($67,284 vs $36,194 in Flint). Grand Blanc has the higher median home value ($228,000 vs $47,600 in Flint).

Population, income & housing

	Flint	Grand Blanc
Population	80,835	7,995
Median age	36.2 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$36,194	$67,284
Median home value	$47,600	$228,000
Median gross rent	$859	$854
Housing units	42,543	3,545
Homeownership rate	55.0%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	43.0%
Unemployment rate	17.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flint	Grand Blanc
Population	96,559 → 80,835 (-16.3%)	7,905 → 7,995 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$28,834 → $36,194 (+25.5%)	$62,673 → $67,284 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$29,500 → $47,600 (+61.4%)	$171,100 → $228,000 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $859 (+20.0%)	$691 → $854 (+23.6%)

Flint

Population

96,55980,835

Median household income

$28,834$36,194

Median home value

$29,500$47,600

Median gross rent

$716$859

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)

	Flint	Grand Blanc
Under 5	6.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.4%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	13.2%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	7.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	14.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.5%
75 and over	5.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flint	Grand Blanc
White (non-Hispanic)	32.6%	75.4%
Black or African American	56.0%	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	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flint	Grand Blanc
No high school diploma	16.7%	7.6%
High school graduate	36.7%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flint	Grand Blanc
Drove alone	71.6%	76.5%
Carpooled	13.1%	4.3%
Public transit	4.0%	0.4%
Walked	2.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	16.4%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flint	Grand Blanc
1-unit, detached	79.4%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	15.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	18.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Flint	Grand Blanc
Poverty rate	34.4%	7.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	23	40
Median year structure built	1954	1972