Pearl Beach vs Yale

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

Pearl Beach and Yale 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 2,157 in Yale). Pearl Beach has the higher median household income ($84,079 vs $50,673 in Yale). Pearl Beach has the higher median home value ($303,000 vs $112,100 in Yale).

Population, income & housing

	Pearl Beach	Yale
Population	4,846	2,157
Median age	52.3 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$84,079	$50,673
Median home value	$303,000	$112,100
Median gross rent	$1,055	$779
Housing units	2,524	941
Homeownership rate	90.8%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	16.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pearl Beach	Yale
Population	2,872 → 4,846 (+68.7%)	2,082 → 2,157 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$73,320 → $84,079 (+14.7%)	$42,353 → $50,673 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$231,300 → $303,000 (+31.0%)	$83,200 → $112,100 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$898 → $1,055 (+17.5%)	$689 → $779 (+13.1%)

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

Yale

Population

2,0822,157

Median household income

$42,353$50,673

Median home value

$83,200$112,100

Median gross rent

$689$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pearl Beach	Yale
Under 5	5.4%	9.9%
5 to 17	9.9%	11.4%
18 to 24	7.2%	13.2%
25 to 34	10.6%	16.6%
35 to 44	9.5%	9.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	20.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	16.4%	8.8%
75 and over	8.7%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pearl Beach	Yale
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pearl Beach	Yale
No high school diploma	7.2%	11.5%
High school graduate	31.3%	47.6%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pearl Beach	Yale
Drove alone	85.5%	81.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	2.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pearl Beach	Yale
1-unit, detached	88.5%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Pearl Beach	Yale
Poverty rate	7.7%	21.5%
Average household size	2.14	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	37	37
Median year structure built	1976	1950