Birch Run vs Burt

A side-by-side comparison of Birch Run and Burt: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Burt has the higher population (1,430 vs 1,236 in Birch Run). Burt has the higher median household income ($92,596 vs $65,313 in Birch Run). Birch Run has the higher median home value ($185,900 vs $184,000 in Burt).

Population, income & housing

	Birch Run	Burt
Population	1,236	1,430
Median age	41.8 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,313	$92,596
Median home value	$185,900	$184,000
Median gross rent	$931	$1,086
Housing units	639	545
Homeownership rate	51.2%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birch Run	Burt
Population	1,499 → 1,236 (-17.5%)	1,106 → 1,430 (+29.3%)
Median household income	$45,938 → $65,313 (+42.2%)	$52,440 → $92,596 (+76.6%)
Median home value	$99,700 → $185,900 (+86.5%)	$133,300 → $184,000 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$818 → $931 (+13.8%)	$910 → $1,086 (+19.3%)

Birch Run

Population

1,4991,236

Median household income

$45,938$65,313

Median home value

$99,700$185,900

Median gross rent

$818$931

Burt

Population

1,1061,430

Median household income

$52,440$92,596

Median home value

$133,300$184,000

Median gross rent

$910$1,086

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birch Run	Burt
Under 5	3.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	21.1%
18 to 24	10.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.5%	6.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	16.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	19.3%
55 to 64	25.2%	7.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	13.6%
75 and over	4.9%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birch Run	Burt
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	86.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	10.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birch Run	Burt
No high school diploma	5.1%	4.6%
High school graduate	30.5%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	48.3%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birch Run	Burt
Drove alone	87.6%	96.4%
Carpooled	5.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	3.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birch Run	Burt
1-unit, detached	49.8%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	24.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Birch Run	Burt
Poverty rate	9.9%	2.0%
Average household size	2.12	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1978	1976