Detroit Beach vs Woodland Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Detroit Beach and Woodland Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Woodland Beach has the higher population (2,509 vs 2,231 in Detroit Beach). Detroit Beach has the higher median household income ($73,478 vs $70,330 in Woodland Beach). Detroit Beach has the higher median home value ($163,400 vs $159,300 in Woodland Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Detroit Beach	Woodland Beach
Population	2,231	2,509
Median age	33.8 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,478	$70,330
Median home value	$163,400	$159,300
Housing units	928	1,042
Homeownership rate	94.5%	96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.9%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Detroit Beach	Woodland Beach
Population	1,742 → 2,231 (+28.1%)	2,294 → 2,509 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$60,125 → $73,478 (+22.2%)	$53,902 → $70,330 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$106,900 → $163,400 (+52.9%)	$123,400 → $159,300 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $742 (+22.8%)	$986 → $1,017 (+3.1%)

Detroit Beach

Population

1,7422,231

Median household income

$60,125$73,478

Median home value

$106,900$163,400

Median gross rent

$604$742

Woodland Beach

Population

2,2942,509

Median household income

$53,902$70,330

Median home value

$123,400$159,300

Median gross rent

$986$1,017

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Detroit Beach	Woodland Beach
Under 5	12.2%	2.5%
5 to 17	7.2%	12.1%
18 to 24	10.3%	22.8%
25 to 34	22.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	5.0%	18.1%
45 to 54	6.2%	10.2%
55 to 64	19.8%	7.9%
65 to 74	15.2%	11.6%
75 and over	2.0%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Detroit Beach	Woodland Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Detroit Beach	Woodland Beach
No high school diploma	8.4%	8.0%
High school graduate	43.8%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Detroit Beach	Woodland Beach
Drove alone	98.2%	77.3%
Carpooled	1.7%	20.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.1%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Detroit Beach	Woodland Beach
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Detroit Beach	Woodland Beach
Poverty rate	14.9%	27.3%
Average household size	2.66	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1957	1958