Birch Run vs Chesaning

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

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

Chesaning has the higher population (2,411 vs 1,236 in Birch Run). Birch Run has the higher median household income ($65,313 vs $57,426 in Chesaning). Birch Run has the higher median home value ($185,900 vs $123,900 in Chesaning).

Population, income & housing

	Birch Run	Chesaning
Population	1,236	2,411
Median age	41.8 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,313	$57,426
Median home value	$185,900	$123,900
Median gross rent	$931	$679
Housing units	639	1,072
Homeownership rate	51.2%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birch Run	Chesaning
Population	1,499 → 1,236 (-17.5%)	2,339 → 2,411 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$45,938 → $65,313 (+42.2%)	$44,009 → $57,426 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$99,700 → $185,900 (+86.5%)	$85,100 → $123,900 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$818 → $931 (+13.8%)	$637 → $679 (+6.6%)

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

Chesaning

Population

2,3392,411

Median household income

$44,009$57,426

Median home value

$85,100$123,900

Median gross rent

$637$679

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birch Run	Chesaning
Under 5	3.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.3%	12.9%
18 to 24	10.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.5%	16.8%
35 to 44	9.6%	8.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	25.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.5%	15.7%
75 and over	4.9%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birch Run	Chesaning
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	93.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.8%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birch Run	Chesaning
No high school diploma	5.1%	10.2%
High school graduate	30.5%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	48.3%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birch Run	Chesaning
Drove alone	87.6%	78.1%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.6%	5.0%
Other means	0.5%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birch Run	Chesaning
1-unit, detached	49.8%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	24.4%	10.9%
20 or more units	2.5%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Birch Run	Chesaning
Poverty rate	9.9%	15.0%
Average household size	2.12	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1978	1958