Flushing vs Swartz Creek

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

Flushing and Swartz Creek are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Flushing has the higher population (8,323 vs 5,856 in Swartz Creek). Flushing has the higher median household income ($77,372 vs $73,862 in Swartz Creek). Flushing has the higher median home value ($189,500 vs $168,900 in Swartz Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Flushing	Swartz Creek
Population	8,323	5,856
Median age	39.5 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,372	$73,862
Median home value	$189,500	$168,900
Median gross rent	$940	$995
Housing units	3,648	2,774
Homeownership rate	72.4%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flushing	Swartz Creek
Population	7,968 → 8,323 (+4.5%)	5,535 → 5,856 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$62,197 → $77,372 (+24.4%)	$52,702 → $73,862 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$120,300 → $189,500 (+57.5%)	$118,400 → $168,900 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $940 (+27.2%)	$789 → $995 (+26.1%)

Flushing

Population

7,9688,323

Median household income

$62,197$77,372

Median home value

$120,300$189,500

Median gross rent

$739$940

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)

	Flushing	Swartz Creek
Under 5	5.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	18.4%	12.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	11.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	9.6%
45 to 54	9.3%	15.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	9.9%
65 to 74	14.4%	11.6%
75 and over	9.5%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flushing	Swartz Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flushing	Swartz Creek
No high school diploma	4.1%	4.0%
High school graduate	28.2%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flushing	Swartz Creek
Drove alone	78.9%	83.6%
Carpooled	6.6%	3.5%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	12.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flushing	Swartz Creek
1-unit, detached	73.4%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	14.6%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	14.0%
20 or more units	8.3%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Flushing	Swartz Creek
Poverty rate	6.9%	8.6%
Average household size	2.29	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1966	1976