Belleville vs Grosse Pointe

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

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

Grosse Pointe has the higher population (5,561 vs 3,961 in Belleville). Grosse Pointe has the higher median household income ($141,985 vs $59,929 in Belleville). Grosse Pointe has the higher median home value ($391,800 vs $162,700 in Belleville).

Population, income & housing

	Belleville	Grosse Pointe
Population	3,961	5,561
Median age	40.6 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,929	$141,985
Median home value	$162,700	$391,800
Median gross rent	$1,077	$1,670
Housing units	2,071	2,431
Homeownership rate	53.3%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	74.5%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belleville	Grosse Pointe
Population	3,889 → 3,961 (+1.9%)	5,206 → 5,561 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$52,924 → $59,929 (+13.2%)	$106,932 → $141,985 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$148,100 → $162,700 (+9.9%)	$349,800 → $391,800 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $1,077 (+36.2%)	$1,163 → $1,670 (+43.6%)

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

Grosse Pointe

Population

5,2065,561

Median household income

$106,932$141,985

Median home value

$349,800$391,800

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belleville	Grosse Pointe
Under 5	7.7%	9.1%
5 to 17	13.0%	18.2%
18 to 24	5.8%	4.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	6.7%
35 to 44	15.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	8.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.0%
65 to 74	13.3%	14.1%
75 and over	6.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belleville	Grosse Pointe
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	88.7%
Black or African American	15.1%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belleville	Grosse Pointe
No high school diploma	8.5%	0.6%
High school graduate	26.3%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	38.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belleville	Grosse Pointe
Drove alone	65.1%	66.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.7%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	24.2%
Other means	3.3%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belleville	Grosse Pointe
1-unit, detached	27.1%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	15.1%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	2.1%
20 or more units	17.5%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belleville	Grosse Pointe
Poverty rate	6.1%	2.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1977	1938