Belleville vs Village of Grosse Pointe Shores

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

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

Belleville has the higher population (3,961 vs 2,589 in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores). Village of Grosse Pointe Shores has the higher median household income ($182,000 vs $59,929 in Belleville). Village of Grosse Pointe Shores has the higher median home value ($671,600 vs $162,700 in Belleville).

Population, income & housing

	Belleville	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Population	3,961	2,589
Median age	40.6 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,929	$182,000
Median home value	$162,700	$671,600
Median gross rent	$1,077	—
Housing units	2,071	1,040
Homeownership rate	53.3%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	75.6%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belleville	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Population	3,889 → 3,961 (+1.9%)	2,767 → 2,589 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$52,924 → $59,929 (+13.2%)	$161,944 → $182,000 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$148,100 → $162,700 (+9.9%)	$523,100 → $671,600 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $1,077 (+36.2%)	—

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

Village of Grosse Pointe Shores

Population

2,7672,589

Median household income

$161,944$182,000

Median home value

$523,100$671,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belleville	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Under 5	7.7%	7.9%
5 to 17	13.0%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	5.5%
25 to 34	15.7%	4.6%
35 to 44	15.3%	11.4%
45 to 54	8.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.0%
65 to 74	13.3%	14.8%
75 and over	6.1%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belleville	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	92.7%
Black or African American	15.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belleville	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
No high school diploma	8.5%	2.4%
High school graduate	26.3%	6.8%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	15.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	35.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	39.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belleville	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Drove alone	65.1%	82.7%
Carpooled	7.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	23.9%	12.1%
Other means	3.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belleville	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
1-unit, detached	27.1%	99.5%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	17.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belleville	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Poverty rate	6.1%	2.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1977	1962