Belding vs Muir

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

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

Belding has the higher population (5,949 vs 637 in Muir). Belding has the higher median household income ($55,895 vs $51,667 in Muir). Belding has the higher median home value ($152,700 vs $132,200 in Muir).

Population, income & housing

	Belding	Muir
Population	5,949	637
Median age	37.2 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,895	$51,667
Median home value	$152,700	$132,200
Median gross rent	$693	$543
Housing units	2,280	256
Homeownership rate	67.7%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belding	Muir
Population	5,718 → 5,949 (+4.0%)	733 → 637 (-13.1%)
Median household income	$41,812 → $55,895 (+33.7%)	$36,250 → $51,667 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $152,700 (+63.7%)	$60,600 → $132,200 (+118.2%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $693 (+0.1%)	$420 → $543 (+29.3%)

Belding

Population

5,7185,949

Median household income

$41,812$55,895

Median home value

$93,300$152,700

Median gross rent

$692$693

Muir

Population

733637

Median household income

$36,250$51,667

Median home value

$60,600$132,200

Median gross rent

$420$543

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belding	Muir
Under 5	4.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	19.1%	18.8%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.6%	18.4%
35 to 44	18.1%	15.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	4.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.3%
75 and over	5.4%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belding	Muir
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	86.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belding	Muir
No high school diploma	11.1%	11.1%
High school graduate	40.3%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	0.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belding	Muir
Drove alone	87.2%	87.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	12.3%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	1.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belding	Muir
1-unit, detached	70.2%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	18.0%
20 or more units	7.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Belding	Muir
Poverty rate	17.8%	7.2%
Average household size	2.71	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1954	1967