Birch Run vs Hemlock

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

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

Hemlock has the higher population (1,323 vs 1,236 in Birch Run). Hemlock has the higher median household income ($92,031 vs $65,313 in Birch Run). Birch Run has the higher median home value ($185,900 vs $170,500 in Hemlock).

Population, income & housing

	Birch Run	Hemlock
Population	1,236	1,323
Median age	41.8 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,313	$92,031
Median home value	$185,900	$170,500
Median gross rent	$931	$879
Housing units	639	515
Homeownership rate	51.2%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birch Run	Hemlock
Population	1,499 → 1,236 (-17.5%)	1,261 → 1,323 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$45,938 → $65,313 (+42.2%)	$52,457 → $92,031 (+75.4%)
Median home value	$99,700 → $185,900 (+86.5%)	$90,100 → $170,500 (+89.2%)
Median gross rent	$818 → $931 (+13.8%)	$701 → $879 (+25.4%)

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

Hemlock

Population

1,2611,323

Median household income

$52,457$92,031

Median home value

$90,100$170,500

Median gross rent

$701$879

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birch Run	Hemlock
Under 5	3.7%	3.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	15.9%
18 to 24	10.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.5%	14.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	9.4%	18.7%
55 to 64	25.2%	17.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	6.8%
75 and over	4.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birch Run	Hemlock
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	92.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birch Run	Hemlock
No high school diploma	5.1%	3.0%
High school graduate	30.5%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	48.3%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birch Run	Hemlock
Drove alone	87.6%	87.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	2.7%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	1.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birch Run	Hemlock
1-unit, detached	49.8%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	24.4%	7.6%
20 or more units	2.5%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Birch Run	Hemlock
Poverty rate	9.9%	4.0%
Average household size	2.12	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1978	1969