Brown City vs Peck

A side-by-side comparison of Brown City and Peck: population, income, housing, and more.

Brown City and Peck are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brown City has the higher population (1,211 vs 525 in Peck). Brown City has the higher median household income ($60,357 vs $52,204 in Peck). Brown City has the higher median home value ($121,400 vs $101,200 in Peck).

Population, income & housing

	Brown City	Peck
Population	1,211	525
Median age	41.8 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,357	$52,204
Median home value	$121,400	$101,200
Median gross rent	$805	$833
Housing units	520	250
Homeownership rate	69.1%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown City	Peck
Population	1,201 → 1,211 (+0.8%)	571 → 525 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$39,438 → $60,357 (+53.0%)	$43,403 → $52,204 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $121,400 (+71.2%)	$82,600 → $101,200 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $805 (+22.9%)	$592 → $833 (+40.7%)

Brown City

Population

1,2011,211

Median household income

$39,438$60,357

Median home value

$70,900$121,400

Median gross rent

$655$805

Peck

Population

571525

Median household income

$43,403$52,204

Median home value

$82,600$101,200

Median gross rent

$592$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brown City	Peck
Under 5	3.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	11.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	7.3%	9.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	19.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	13.3%
75 and over	7.3%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown City	Peck
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown City	Peck
No high school diploma	9.5%	16.6%
High school graduate	51.3%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown City	Peck
Drove alone	87.9%	91.6%
Carpooled	2.7%	4.2%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown City	Peck
1-unit, detached	73.1%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Brown City	Peck
Poverty rate	17.0%	11.7%
Average household size	2.39	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1959	1969