Beal City vs Rosebush

A side-by-side comparison of Beal City and Rosebush: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rosebush has the higher population (330 vs 312 in Beal City). Beal City has the higher median household income ($73,333 vs $32,404 in Rosebush). Beal City has the higher median home value ($200,600 vs $102,600 in Rosebush).

Population, income & housing

	Beal City	Rosebush
Population	312	330
Median age	34.9 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,333	$32,404
Median home value	$200,600	$102,600
Median gross rent	—	$592
Housing units	167	198
Homeownership rate	95.2%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	18.8%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beal City	Rosebush
Population	336 → 312 (-7.1%)	343 → 330 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$72,614 → $73,333 (+1.0%)	$35,962 → $32,404 (-9.9%)
Median home value	$143,500 → $200,600 (+39.8%)	$93,900 → $102,600 (+9.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$450 → $592 (+31.6%)

Beal City

Population

336312

Median household income

$72,614$73,333

Median home value

$143,500$200,600

Rosebush

Population

343330

Median household income

$35,962$32,404

Median home value

$93,900$102,600

Median gross rent

$450$592

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beal City	Rosebush
Under 5	4.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	5.2%
18 to 24	17.3%	17.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	1.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	23.1%	5.8%
55 to 64	6.7%	20.9%
65 to 74	8.0%	13.3%
75 and over	10.3%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beal City	Rosebush
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beal City	Rosebush
No high school diploma	2.6%	26.3%
High school graduate	39.9%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beal City	Rosebush
Drove alone	88.9%	74.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	6.2%	13.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beal City	Rosebush
1-unit, detached	100.0%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Beal City	Rosebush
Poverty rate	3.2%	21.5%
Average household size	3.00	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1949	1958