Belding vs Saranac

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

Belding and Saranac 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 1,973 in Saranac). Saranac has the higher median household income ($64,157 vs $55,895 in Belding). Saranac has the higher median home value ($183,300 vs $152,700 in Belding).

Population, income & housing

	Belding	Saranac
Population	5,949	1,973
Median age	37.2 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,895	$64,157
Median home value	$152,700	$183,300
Median gross rent	$693	$415
Housing units	2,280	760
Homeownership rate	67.7%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belding	Saranac
Population	5,718 → 5,949 (+4.0%)	1,409 → 1,973 (+40.0%)
Median household income	$41,812 → $55,895 (+33.7%)	$47,159 → $64,157 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $152,700 (+63.7%)	$109,200 → $183,300 (+67.9%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $693 (+0.1%)	$460 → $415 (-9.8%)

Belding

Population

5,7185,949

Median household income

$41,812$55,895

Median home value

$93,300$152,700

Median gross rent

$692$693

Saranac

Population

1,4091,973

Median household income

$47,159$64,157

Median home value

$109,200$183,300

Median gross rent

$460$415

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belding	Saranac
Under 5	4.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	17.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	18.1%	8.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	18.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	5.9%
75 and over	5.4%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belding	Saranac
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	93.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belding	Saranac
No high school diploma	11.1%	5.6%
High school graduate	40.3%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belding	Saranac
Drove alone	87.2%	82.9%
Carpooled	7.8%	2.5%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belding	Saranac
1-unit, detached	70.2%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	7.4%	17.5%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Belding	Saranac
Poverty rate	17.8%	13.0%
Average household size	2.71	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1954	1968