Marine City vs Pearl Beach

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

Marine City 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 4,047 in Marine City). Pearl Beach has the higher median household income ($84,079 vs $63,156 in Marine City). Pearl Beach has the higher median home value ($303,000 vs $146,500 in Marine City).

Population, income & housing

	Marine City	Pearl Beach
Population	4,047	4,846
Median age	49.2 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,156	$84,079
Median home value	$146,500	$303,000
Median gross rent	$872	$1,055
Housing units	2,266	2,524
Homeownership rate	83.1%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marine City	Pearl Beach
Population	4,102 → 4,047 (-1.3%)	2,872 → 4,846 (+68.7%)
Median household income	$50,236 → $63,156 (+25.7%)	$73,320 → $84,079 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$122,300 → $146,500 (+19.8%)	$231,300 → $303,000 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $872 (+8.6%)	$898 → $1,055 (+17.5%)

Marine City

Population

4,1024,047

Median household income

$50,236$63,156

Median home value

$122,300$146,500

Median gross rent

$803$872

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)

	Marine City	Pearl Beach
Under 5	3.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	12.0%	9.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	7.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	9.5%
45 to 54	16.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	20.8%
65 to 74	19.6%	16.4%
75 and over	8.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marine City	Pearl Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	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	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marine City	Pearl Beach
No high school diploma	10.4%	7.2%
High school graduate	39.5%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marine City	Pearl Beach
Drove alone	78.5%	85.5%
Carpooled	10.9%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	4.3%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marine City	Pearl Beach
1-unit, detached	76.3%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.5%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Marine City	Pearl Beach
Poverty rate	7.4%	7.7%
Average household size	2.06	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	29	37
Median year structure built	1949	1976