Beechwood vs Ferrysburg

A side-by-side comparison of Beechwood and Ferrysburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ferrysburg has the higher population (2,949 vs 2,736 in Beechwood). Beechwood has the higher median household income ($68,484 vs $62,096 in Ferrysburg). Beechwood has the higher median home value ($231,500 vs $225,400 in Ferrysburg).

Population, income & housing

	Beechwood	Ferrysburg
Population	2,736	2,949
Median age	37.8 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,484	$62,096
Median home value	$231,500	$225,400
Median gross rent	$819	$1,482
Housing units	1,133	1,849
Homeownership rate	67.2%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	50.4%
Unemployment rate	16.8%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beechwood	Ferrysburg
Population	3,109 → 2,736 (-12.0%)	3,013 → 2,949 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$56,962 → $68,484 (+20.2%)	$67,179 → $62,096 (-7.6%)
Median home value	$156,400 → $231,500 (+48.0%)	$173,600 → $225,400 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$894 → $819 (-8.4%)	$893 → $1,482 (+66.0%)

Beechwood

Population

3,1092,736

Median household income

$56,962$68,484

Median home value

$156,400$231,500

Median gross rent

$894$819

Ferrysburg

Population

3,0132,949

Median household income

$67,179$62,096

Median home value

$173,600$225,400

Median gross rent

$893$1,482

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beechwood	Ferrysburg
Under 5	4.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	9.3%
18 to 24	11.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.1%
35 to 44	17.2%	6.5%
45 to 54	16.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	8.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	6.9%	20.3%
75 and over	6.4%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beechwood	Ferrysburg
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	87.8%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	7.6%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beechwood	Ferrysburg
No high school diploma	16.7%	2.1%
High school graduate	35.4%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	28.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beechwood	Ferrysburg
Drove alone	86.0%	78.5%
Carpooled	6.2%	3.3%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	1.2%	17.4%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beechwood	Ferrysburg
1-unit, detached	72.8%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	18.4%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Beechwood	Ferrysburg
Poverty rate	26.7%	6.9%
Average household size	2.58	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1973	1982