Beal City vs Shepherd

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

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

Shepherd has the higher population (1,438 vs 312 in Beal City). Shepherd has the higher median household income ($76,591 vs $73,333 in Beal City). Beal City has the higher median home value ($200,600 vs $147,800 in Shepherd).

Population, income & housing

	Beal City	Shepherd
Population	312	1,438
Median age	34.9 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,333	$76,591
Median home value	$200,600	$147,800
Median gross rent	—	$790
Housing units	167	563
Homeownership rate	95.2%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	18.8%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beal City	Shepherd
Population	336 → 312 (-7.1%)	1,495 → 1,438 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$72,614 → $73,333 (+1.0%)	$51,908 → $76,591 (+47.6%)
Median home value	$143,500 → $200,600 (+39.8%)	$115,500 → $147,800 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$635 → $790 (+24.4%)

Beal City

Population

336312

Median household income

$72,614$73,333

Median home value

$143,500$200,600

Shepherd

Population

1,4951,438

Median household income

$51,908$76,591

Median home value

$115,500$147,800

Median gross rent

$635$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beal City	Shepherd
Under 5	4.8%	8.8%
5 to 17	16.0%	15.0%
18 to 24	17.3%	14.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	16.6%
35 to 44	1.6%	9.9%
45 to 54	23.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	6.7%	13.8%
65 to 74	8.0%	7.4%
75 and over	10.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beal City	Shepherd
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beal City	Shepherd
No high school diploma	2.6%	2.8%
High school graduate	39.9%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beal City	Shepherd
Drove alone	88.9%	88.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	6.2%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beal City	Shepherd
1-unit, detached	100.0%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Beal City	Shepherd
Poverty rate	3.2%	15.4%
Average household size	3.00	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1949	1962