Grand Blanc vs Swartz Creek

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

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

Grand Blanc has the higher population (7,995 vs 5,856 in Swartz Creek). Swartz Creek has the higher median household income ($73,862 vs $67,284 in Grand Blanc). Grand Blanc has the higher median home value ($228,000 vs $168,900 in Swartz Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Blanc	Swartz Creek
Population	7,995	5,856
Median age	36.2 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,284	$73,862
Median home value	$228,000	$168,900
Median gross rent	$854	$995
Housing units	3,545	2,774
Homeownership rate	56.5%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.0%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Blanc	Swartz Creek
Population	7,905 → 7,995 (+1.1%)	5,535 → 5,856 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$62,673 → $67,284 (+7.4%)	$52,702 → $73,862 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$171,100 → $228,000 (+33.3%)	$118,400 → $168,900 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $854 (+23.6%)	$789 → $995 (+26.1%)

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

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)

	Grand Blanc	Swartz Creek
Under 5	5.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	12.9%
18 to 24	13.2%	11.1%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	7.6%	9.6%
45 to 54	14.9%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	9.9%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.6%
75 and over	8.0%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Blanc	Swartz Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	91.7%
Black or African American	14.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Blanc	Swartz Creek
No high school diploma	7.6%	4.0%
High school graduate	20.3%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Blanc	Swartz Creek
Drove alone	76.5%	83.6%
Carpooled	4.3%	3.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	12.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Blanc	Swartz Creek
1-unit, detached	53.5%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	14.6%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	14.0%
20 or more units	18.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Grand Blanc	Swartz Creek
Poverty rate	7.0%	8.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	40	26
Median year structure built	1972	1976