Marysville vs Pearl Beach

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

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

Marysville has the higher population (9,942 vs 4,846 in Pearl Beach). Pearl Beach has the higher median household income ($84,079 vs $69,661 in Marysville). Pearl Beach has the higher median home value ($303,000 vs $185,500 in Marysville).

Population, income & housing

	Marysville	Pearl Beach
Population	9,942	4,846
Median age	43.6 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,661	$84,079
Median home value	$185,500	$303,000
Median gross rent	$955	$1,055
Housing units	4,588	2,524
Homeownership rate	85.6%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marysville	Pearl Beach
Population	9,693 → 9,942 (+2.6%)	2,872 → 4,846 (+68.7%)
Median household income	$62,438 → $69,661 (+11.6%)	$73,320 → $84,079 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$133,600 → $185,500 (+38.8%)	$231,300 → $303,000 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$834 → $955 (+14.5%)	$898 → $1,055 (+17.5%)

Marysville

Population

9,6939,942

Median household income

$62,438$69,661

Median home value

$133,600$185,500

Median gross rent

$834$955

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)

	Marysville	Pearl Beach
Under 5	4.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.4%	9.9%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	9.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	9.5%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	20.8%
65 to 74	12.8%	16.4%
75 and over	8.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marysville	Pearl Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	96.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marysville	Pearl Beach
No high school diploma	6.5%	7.2%
High school graduate	25.9%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marysville	Pearl Beach
Drove alone	81.8%	85.5%
Carpooled	6.2%	4.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	10.6%	7.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marysville	Pearl Beach
1-unit, detached	66.8%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	0.5%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Marysville	Pearl Beach
Poverty rate	6.2%	7.7%
Average household size	2.29	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	23	37
Median year structure built	1978	1976