Capac vs Pearl Beach

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

Capac 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 1,903 in Capac). Pearl Beach has the higher median household income ($84,079 vs $61,000 in Capac). Pearl Beach has the higher median home value ($303,000 vs $141,300 in Capac).

Population, income & housing

	Capac	Pearl Beach
Population	1,903	4,846
Median age	37.3 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,000	$84,079
Median home value	$141,300	$303,000
Median gross rent	$792	$1,055
Housing units	779	2,524
Homeownership rate	72.0%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Capac	Pearl Beach
Population	1,821 → 1,903 (+4.5%)	2,872 → 4,846 (+68.7%)
Median household income	$43,775 → $61,000 (+39.3%)	$73,320 → $84,079 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $141,300 (+61.5%)	$231,300 → $303,000 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $792 (+1.0%)	$898 → $1,055 (+17.5%)

Capac

Population

1,8211,903

Median household income

$43,775$61,000

Median home value

$87,500$141,300

Median gross rent

$784$792

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)

	Capac	Pearl Beach
Under 5	8.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.9%	9.9%
18 to 24	9.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	14.6%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	20.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	16.4%
75 and over	4.2%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Capac	Pearl Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Capac	Pearl Beach
No high school diploma	8.4%	7.2%
High school graduate	39.3%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Capac	Pearl Beach
Drove alone	80.9%	85.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	3.9%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Capac	Pearl Beach
1-unit, detached	63.5%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.5%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Capac	Pearl Beach
Poverty rate	13.0%	7.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	32	37
Median year structure built	1969	1976