Pearl Beach vs St. Clair

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

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

St. Clair has the higher population (5,581 vs 4,846 in Pearl Beach). Pearl Beach has the higher median household income ($84,079 vs $68,482 in St. Clair). Pearl Beach has the higher median home value ($303,000 vs $241,700 in St. Clair).

Population, income & housing

	Pearl Beach	St. Clair
Population	4,846	5,581
Median age	52.3 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$84,079	$68,482
Median home value	$303,000	$241,700
Median gross rent	$1,055	$1,033
Housing units	2,524	2,439
Homeownership rate	90.8%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pearl Beach	St. Clair
Population	2,872 → 4,846 (+68.7%)	5,327 → 5,581 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$73,320 → $84,079 (+14.7%)	$71,845 → $68,482 (-4.7%)
Median home value	$231,300 → $303,000 (+31.0%)	$157,700 → $241,700 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$898 → $1,055 (+17.5%)	$739 → $1,033 (+39.8%)

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

St. Clair

Population

5,3275,581

Median household income

$71,845$68,482

Median home value

$157,700$241,700

Median gross rent

$739$1,033

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pearl Beach	St. Clair
Under 5	5.4%	2.4%
5 to 17	9.9%	18.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	9.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	20.8%	15.8%
65 to 74	16.4%	9.0%
75 and over	8.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pearl Beach	St. Clair
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pearl Beach	St. Clair
No high school diploma	7.2%	4.1%
High school graduate	31.3%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pearl Beach	St. Clair
Drove alone	85.5%	76.5%
Carpooled	4.7%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	6.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pearl Beach	St. Clair
1-unit, detached	88.5%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pearl Beach	St. Clair
Poverty rate	7.7%	9.6%
Average household size	2.14	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	37	22
Median year structure built	1976	1960