Burt vs Chesaning

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

Burt 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 1,430 in Burt). Burt has the higher median household income ($92,596 vs $57,426 in Chesaning). Burt has the higher median home value ($184,000 vs $123,900 in Chesaning).

Population, income & housing

	Burt	Chesaning
Population	1,430	2,411
Median age	42.7 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$92,596	$57,426
Median home value	$184,000	$123,900
Median gross rent	$1,086	$679
Housing units	545	1,072
Homeownership rate	88.5%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burt	Chesaning
Population	1,106 → 1,430 (+29.3%)	2,339 → 2,411 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$52,440 → $92,596 (+76.6%)	$44,009 → $57,426 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$133,300 → $184,000 (+38.0%)	$85,100 → $123,900 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,086 (+19.3%)	$637 → $679 (+6.6%)

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

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)

	Burt	Chesaning
Under 5	6.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	21.1%	12.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	6.0%	16.8%
35 to 44	16.9%	8.7%
45 to 54	19.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	7.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	13.6%	15.7%
75 and over	3.2%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burt	Chesaning
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	93.0%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	10.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burt	Chesaning
No high school diploma	4.6%	10.2%
High school graduate	47.3%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burt	Chesaning
Drove alone	96.4%	78.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.6%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burt	Chesaning
1-unit, detached	96.0%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Burt	Chesaning
Poverty rate	2.0%	15.0%
Average household size	2.80	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1976	1958