Pierson vs Trufant

A side-by-side comparison of Pierson and Trufant: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Trufant has the higher population (586 vs 139 in Pierson). Trufant has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $41,250 in Pierson). Trufant has the higher median home value ($119,600 vs $92,500 in Pierson).

Population, income & housing

	Pierson	Trufant
Population	139	586
Median age	34.7 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$83,750
Median home value	$92,500	$119,600
Median gross rent	$825	—
Housing units	55	253
Homeownership rate	72.7%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pierson	Trufant
Population	173 → 139 (-19.7%)	660 → 586 (-11.2%)
Median household income	$37,750 → $41,250 (+9.3%)	$61,354 → $83,750 (+36.5%)
Median home value	$65,800 → $92,500 (+40.6%)	$99,700 → $119,600 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $825 (+8.6%)	$733 → $744 (+1.5%)

Pierson

Population

173139

Median household income

$37,750$41,250

Median home value

$65,800$92,500

Median gross rent

$760$825

Trufant

Population

660586

Median household income

$61,354$83,750

Median home value

$99,700$119,600

Median gross rent

$733$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pierson	Trufant
Under 5	1.4%	2.0%
5 to 17	19.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	16.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	5.1%
35 to 44	14.4%	20.0%
45 to 54	5.8%	27.8%
55 to 64	10.1%	7.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	5.3%
75 and over	6.5%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pierson	Trufant
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	99.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pierson	Trufant
No high school diploma	20.7%	7.0%
High school graduate	48.3%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pierson	Trufant
Drove alone	80.6%	86.9%
Carpooled	14.5%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pierson	Trufant
1-unit, detached	78.2%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Pierson	Trufant
Poverty rate	29.4%	3.2%
Average household size	2.53	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1946	1957