Belleville vs Gibraltar

A side-by-side comparison of Belleville and Gibraltar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gibraltar has the higher population (4,937 vs 3,961 in Belleville). Gibraltar has the higher median household income ($88,682 vs $59,929 in Belleville). Gibraltar has the higher median home value ($212,300 vs $162,700 in Belleville).

Population, income & housing

	Belleville	Gibraltar
Population	3,961	4,937
Median age	40.6 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,929	$88,682
Median home value	$162,700	$212,300
Median gross rent	$1,077	$1,346
Housing units	2,071	2,268
Homeownership rate	53.3%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belleville	Gibraltar
Population	3,889 → 3,961 (+1.9%)	4,535 → 4,937 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$52,924 → $59,929 (+13.2%)	$70,078 → $88,682 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$148,100 → $162,700 (+9.9%)	$158,100 → $212,300 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $1,077 (+36.2%)	$942 → $1,346 (+42.9%)

Belleville

Population

3,8893,961

Median household income

$52,924$59,929

Median home value

$148,100$162,700

Median gross rent

$791$1,077

Gibraltar

Population

4,5354,937

Median household income

$70,078$88,682

Median home value

$158,100$212,300

Median gross rent

$942$1,346

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belleville	Gibraltar
Under 5	7.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	13.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	15.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	15.3%	4.6%
45 to 54	8.3%	17.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	16.9%
65 to 74	13.3%	15.4%
75 and over	6.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belleville	Gibraltar
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	88.0%
Black or African American	15.1%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belleville	Gibraltar
No high school diploma	8.5%	6.9%
High school graduate	26.3%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belleville	Gibraltar
Drove alone	65.1%	84.9%
Carpooled	7.0%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	9.9%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belleville	Gibraltar
1-unit, detached	27.1%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	3.7%
20 or more units	17.5%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Belleville	Gibraltar
Poverty rate	6.1%	2.5%
Average household size	2.18	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1977	1975