Belleville vs Northville

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

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

Northville has the higher population (6,080 vs 3,961 in Belleville). Northville has the higher median household income ($143,875 vs $59,929 in Belleville). Northville has the higher median home value ($455,100 vs $162,700 in Belleville).

Population, income & housing

	Belleville	Northville
Population	3,961	6,080
Median age	40.6 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,929	$143,875
Median home value	$162,700	$455,100
Median gross rent	$1,077	$1,443
Housing units	2,071	2,766
Homeownership rate	53.3%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	67.4%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belleville	Northville
Population	3,889 → 3,961 (+1.9%)	6,007 → 6,080 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$52,924 → $59,929 (+13.2%)	$114,346 → $143,875 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$148,100 → $162,700 (+9.9%)	$331,400 → $455,100 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $1,077 (+36.2%)	$1,101 → $1,443 (+31.1%)

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

Northville

Population

6,0076,080

Median household income

$114,346$143,875

Median home value

$331,400$455,100

Median gross rent

$1,101$1,443

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belleville	Northville
Under 5	7.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	5.0%
25 to 34	15.7%	12.5%
35 to 44	15.3%	10.9%
45 to 54	8.3%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	19.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	10.0%
75 and over	6.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belleville	Northville
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	88.1%
Black or African American	15.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belleville	Northville
No high school diploma	8.5%	1.7%
High school graduate	26.3%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	30.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belleville	Northville
Drove alone	65.1%	58.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	34.8%
Other means	3.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belleville	Northville
1-unit, detached	27.1%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	3.4%
20 or more units	17.5%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belleville	Northville
Poverty rate	6.1%	3.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1977	1970