Beechwood vs Hudsonville

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

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

Hudsonville has the higher population (7,711 vs 2,736 in Beechwood). Hudsonville has the higher median household income ($88,606 vs $68,484 in Beechwood). Hudsonville has the higher median home value ($260,500 vs $231,500 in Beechwood).

Population, income & housing

	Beechwood	Hudsonville
Population	2,736	7,711
Median age	37.8 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,484	$88,606
Median home value	$231,500	$260,500
Median gross rent	$819	$1,170
Housing units	1,133	2,937
Homeownership rate	67.2%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	16.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beechwood	Hudsonville
Population	3,109 → 2,736 (-12.0%)	7,366 → 7,711 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$56,962 → $68,484 (+20.2%)	$64,189 → $88,606 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$156,400 → $231,500 (+48.0%)	$155,300 → $260,500 (+67.7%)
Median gross rent	$894 → $819 (-8.4%)	$927 → $1,170 (+26.2%)

Beechwood

Population

3,1092,736

Median household income

$56,962$68,484

Median home value

$156,400$231,500

Median gross rent

$894$819

Hudsonville

Population

7,3667,711

Median household income

$64,189$88,606

Median home value

$155,300$260,500

Median gross rent

$927$1,170

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beechwood	Hudsonville
Under 5	4.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	21.0%
18 to 24	11.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	22.1%
35 to 44	17.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	16.1%	6.3%
55 to 64	8.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	6.9%	7.5%
75 and over	6.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beechwood	Hudsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	91.6%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	6.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beechwood	Hudsonville
No high school diploma	16.7%	3.7%
High school graduate	35.4%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beechwood	Hudsonville
Drove alone	86.0%	80.2%
Carpooled	6.2%	8.3%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	1.2%	9.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beechwood	Hudsonville
1-unit, detached	72.8%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	15.9%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Beechwood	Hudsonville
Poverty rate	26.7%	5.4%
Average household size	2.58	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1973	1982