Bessemer vs Marenisco

A side-by-side comparison of Bessemer and Marenisco: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bessemer has the higher population (1,778 vs 198 in Marenisco). Bessemer has the higher median household income ($50,792 vs $40,556 in Marenisco). Bessemer has the higher median home value ($76,100 vs $45,400 in Marenisco).

Population, income & housing

	Bessemer	Marenisco
Population	1,778	198
Median age	50.2 yrs	62.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,792	$40,556
Median home value	$76,100	$45,400
Median gross rent	$504	—
Housing units	1,155	167
Homeownership rate	75.4%	98.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bessemer	Marenisco
Population	1,812 → 1,778 (-1.9%)	134 → 198 (+47.8%)
Median household income	$35,469 → $50,792 (+43.2%)	$51,250 → $40,556 (-20.9%)
Median home value	$55,900 → $76,100 (+36.1%)	$54,600 → $45,400 (-16.8%)
Median gross rent	$395 → $504 (+27.6%)	—

Bessemer

Population

1,8121,778

Median household income

$35,469$50,792

Median home value

$55,900$76,100

Median gross rent

$395$504

Marenisco

Population

134198

Median household income

$51,250$40,556

Median home value

$54,600$45,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bessemer	Marenisco
Under 5	2.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	12.3%	14.1%
18 to 24	11.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	6.6%
35 to 44	8.9%	5.1%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	21.0%	10.1%
65 to 74	14.3%	33.8%
75 and over	6.2%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bessemer	Marenisco
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	16.2%
Asian	1.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bessemer	Marenisco
No high school diploma	3.1%	1.2%
High school graduate	34.8%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bessemer	Marenisco
Drove alone	80.6%	80.8%
Carpooled	0.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	15.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bessemer	Marenisco
1-unit, detached	82.8%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Bessemer	Marenisco
Poverty rate	15.4%	9.1%
Average household size	2.06	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	16	26
Median year structure built	1941	1957