Birch Run vs Oakley

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

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

Birch Run has the higher population (1,236 vs 255 in Oakley). Birch Run has the higher median household income ($65,313 vs $50,417 in Oakley). Birch Run has the higher median home value ($185,900 vs $80,400 in Oakley).

Population, income & housing

	Birch Run	Oakley
Population	1,236	255
Median age	41.8 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,313	$50,417
Median home value	$185,900	$80,400
Median gross rent	$931	$745
Housing units	639	133
Homeownership rate	51.2%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birch Run	Oakley
Population	1,499 → 1,236 (-17.5%)	329 → 255 (-22.5%)
Median household income	$45,938 → $65,313 (+42.2%)	$43,438 → $50,417 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$99,700 → $185,900 (+86.5%)	$61,600 → $80,400 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$818 → $931 (+13.8%)	$775 → $745 (-3.9%)

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

Oakley

Population

329255

Median household income

$43,438$50,417

Median home value

$61,600$80,400

Median gross rent

$775$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birch Run	Oakley
Under 5	3.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	14.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	10.8%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.5%	6.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	10.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	4.7%
55 to 64	25.2%	22.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	13.3%
75 and over	4.9%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birch Run	Oakley
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	91.8%
Black or African American	1.5%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
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%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birch Run	Oakley
No high school diploma	5.1%	14.0%
High school graduate	30.5%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	48.3%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birch Run	Oakley
Drove alone	87.6%	72.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	18.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	5.6%
Other means	0.5%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birch Run	Oakley
1-unit, detached	49.8%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	24.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Birch Run	Oakley
Poverty rate	9.9%	19.2%
Average household size	2.12	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1978	1953