Beechwood vs Lamont

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

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

Beechwood has the higher population (2,736 vs 1,078 in Lamont). Lamont has the higher median household income ($158,456 vs $68,484 in Beechwood). Lamont has the higher median home value ($469,200 vs $231,500 in Beechwood).

Population, income & housing

	Beechwood	Lamont
Population	2,736	1,078
Median age	37.8 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,484	$158,456
Median home value	$231,500	$469,200
Median gross rent	$819	—
Housing units	1,133	367
Homeownership rate	67.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	16.8%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beechwood	Lamont
Population	3,109 → 2,736 (-12.0%)	1,143 → 1,078 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$56,962 → $68,484 (+20.2%)	$132,750 → $158,456 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$156,400 → $231,500 (+48.0%)	$377,700 → $469,200 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$894 → $819 (-8.4%)	—

Beechwood

Population

3,1092,736

Median household income

$56,962$68,484

Median home value

$156,400$231,500

Median gross rent

$894$819

Lamont

Population

1,1431,078

Median household income

$132,750$158,456

Median home value

$377,700$469,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beechwood	Lamont
Under 5	4.0%	9.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	20.9%
18 to 24	11.8%	2.6%
25 to 34	12.0%	3.3%
35 to 44	17.2%	22.9%
45 to 54	16.1%	9.1%
55 to 64	8.0%	16.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	10.3%
75 and over	6.4%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beechwood	Lamont
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	91.1%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.9%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beechwood	Lamont
No high school diploma	16.7%	0.8%
High school graduate	35.4%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beechwood	Lamont
Drove alone	86.0%	89.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	5.6%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	5.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beechwood	Lamont
1-unit, detached	72.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beechwood	Lamont
Poverty rate	26.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.58	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1973	1998