Brethren vs Eastlake

A side-by-side comparison of Brethren and Eastlake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brethren has the higher population (405 vs 304 in Eastlake). Eastlake has the higher median household income ($50,139 vs $42,434 in Brethren). Eastlake has the higher median home value ($117,900 vs $104,500 in Brethren).

Population, income & housing

	Brethren	Eastlake
Population	405	304
Median age	41.3 yrs	61.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,434	$50,139
Median home value	$104,500	$117,900
Housing units	204	209
Homeownership rate	94.6%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brethren	Eastlake
Population	429 → 405 (-5.6%)	463 → 304 (-34.3%)
Median household income	$34,018 → $42,434 (+24.7%)	$46,071 → $50,139 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$84,100 → $104,500 (+24.3%)	$85,500 → $117,900 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $963 (+16.2%)	—

Brethren

Population

429405

Median household income

$34,018$42,434

Median home value

$84,100$104,500

Median gross rent

$829$963

Eastlake

Population

463304

Median household income

$46,071$50,139

Median home value

$85,500$117,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brethren	Eastlake
Under 5	6.2%	1.6%
5 to 17	22.0%	6.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	4.3%
25 to 34	9.4%	6.9%
35 to 44	16.8%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.1%	16.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	18.8%
75 and over	6.9%	21.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brethren	Eastlake
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	12.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brethren	Eastlake
No high school diploma	7.6%	9.0%
High school graduate	55.1%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brethren	Eastlake
Drove alone	82.6%	92.2%
Carpooled	10.4%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brethren	Eastlake
1-unit, detached	82.8%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Brethren	Eastlake
Poverty rate	17.0%	6.6%
Average household size	2.76	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1975	1965