Beechwood vs Zeeland

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

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

Zeeland has the higher population (5,691 vs 2,736 in Beechwood). Beechwood has the higher median household income ($68,484 vs $49,367 in Zeeland). Zeeland has the higher median home value ($248,100 vs $231,500 in Beechwood).

Population, income & housing

	Beechwood	Zeeland
Population	2,736	5,691
Median age	37.8 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,484	$49,367
Median home value	$231,500	$248,100
Median gross rent	$819	$908
Housing units	1,133	2,661
Homeownership rate	67.2%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	16.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beechwood	Zeeland
Population	3,109 → 2,736 (-12.0%)	5,572 → 5,691 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$56,962 → $68,484 (+20.2%)	$51,549 → $49,367 (-4.2%)
Median home value	$156,400 → $231,500 (+48.0%)	$149,100 → $248,100 (+66.4%)
Median gross rent	$894 → $819 (-8.4%)	$847 → $908 (+7.2%)

Beechwood

Population

3,1092,736

Median household income

$56,962$68,484

Median home value

$156,400$231,500

Median gross rent

$894$819

Zeeland

Population

5,5725,691

Median household income

$51,549$49,367

Median home value

$149,100$248,100

Median gross rent

$847$908

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beechwood	Zeeland
Under 5	4.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.5%	15.2%
18 to 24	11.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	17.2%	8.9%
45 to 54	16.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	8.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	10.2%
75 and over	6.4%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beechwood	Zeeland
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	89.5%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.2%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beechwood	Zeeland
No high school diploma	16.7%	6.8%
High school graduate	35.4%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beechwood	Zeeland
Drove alone	86.0%	85.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	7.3%
Public transit	2.5%	1.4%
Walked	2.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	1.2%	4.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beechwood	Zeeland
1-unit, detached	72.8%	50.3%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	26.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beechwood	Zeeland
Poverty rate	26.7%	11.4%
Average household size	2.58	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1973	1969