Belding vs Ionia

A side-by-side comparison of Belding and Ionia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ionia has the higher population (12,950 vs 5,949 in Belding). Ionia has the higher median household income ($60,729 vs $55,895 in Belding). Ionia has the higher median home value ($161,100 vs $152,700 in Belding).

Population, income & housing

	Belding	Ionia
Population	5,949	12,950
Median age	37.2 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,895	$60,729
Median home value	$152,700	$161,100
Median gross rent	$693	$789
Housing units	2,280	3,981
Homeownership rate	67.7%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belding	Ionia
Population	5,718 → 5,949 (+4.0%)	11,147 → 12,950 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$41,812 → $55,895 (+33.7%)	$48,902 → $60,729 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $152,700 (+63.7%)	$97,600 → $161,100 (+65.1%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $693 (+0.1%)	$813 → $789 (-3.0%)

Belding

Population

5,7185,949

Median household income

$41,812$55,895

Median home value

$93,300$152,700

Median gross rent

$692$693

Ionia

Population

11,14712,950

Median household income

$48,902$60,729

Median home value

$97,600$161,100

Median gross rent

$813$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belding	Ionia
Under 5	4.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	19.1%	10.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	22.3%
35 to 44	18.1%	17.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.1%
75 and over	5.4%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belding	Ionia
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	71.9%
Black or African American	1.2%	14.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belding	Ionia
No high school diploma	11.1%	13.8%
High school graduate	40.3%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belding	Ionia
Drove alone	87.2%	67.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	12.3%
Public transit	1.6%	7.2%
Walked	2.3%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belding	Ionia
1-unit, detached	70.2%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	7.4%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Belding	Ionia
Poverty rate	17.8%	16.4%
Average household size	2.71	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1954	1948