Algonac vs Pearl Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Algonac and Pearl Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Algonac and Pearl Beach are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pearl Beach has the higher population (4,846 vs 4,152 in Algonac). Pearl Beach has the higher median household income ($84,079 vs $49,738 in Algonac). Pearl Beach has the higher median home value ($303,000 vs $177,200 in Algonac).

Population, income & housing

	Algonac	Pearl Beach
Population	4,152	4,846
Median age	47.9 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,738	$84,079
Median home value	$177,200	$303,000
Median gross rent	$923	$1,055
Housing units	1,953	2,524
Homeownership rate	69.9%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Algonac	Pearl Beach
Population	4,028 → 4,152 (+3.1%)	2,872 → 4,846 (+68.7%)
Median household income	$53,423 → $49,738 (-6.9%)	$73,320 → $84,079 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$113,700 → $177,200 (+55.8%)	$231,300 → $303,000 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $923 (+35.7%)	$898 → $1,055 (+17.5%)

Algonac

Population

4,0284,152

Median household income

$53,423$49,738

Median home value

$113,700$177,200

Median gross rent

$680$923

Pearl Beach

Population

2,8724,846

Median household income

$73,320$84,079

Median home value

$231,300$303,000

Median gross rent

$898$1,055

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Algonac	Pearl Beach
Under 5	6.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	10.5%	9.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	9.0%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	18.3%	20.8%
65 to 74	14.9%	16.4%
75 and over	8.3%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Algonac	Pearl Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Algonac	Pearl Beach
No high school diploma	6.8%	7.2%
High school graduate	42.8%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Algonac	Pearl Beach
Drove alone	77.9%	85.5%
Carpooled	7.4%	4.7%
Public transit	4.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.1%	1.7%
Worked from home	5.3%	7.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Algonac	Pearl Beach
1-unit, detached	81.3%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.5%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Algonac	Pearl Beach
Poverty rate	17.7%	7.7%
Average household size	2.23	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	30	37
Median year structure built	1967	1976