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Population (year 2000): 1,653. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,719 (+4.0% change)
Males: 779 (47.1%), Females: 874 (52.9%)
Saginaw County
Zip code:
48415
Median resident age: 32.5 years
Median household income: $41,685 (year 2000)
Median house value: $99,900 (year 2000)
Races in Birch Run:
- White Non-Hispanic (94.3%)
- Hispanic (3.3%)
- Two or more races (2.1%)
- Other race (0.9%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
Ancestries: German (33.7%), Irish (13.9%),
English (12.2%), Polish (10.5%), French (8.8%), United States
(5.3%).
Elevation: 635 feet
Land area: 1.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Birch Run
- High school or higher: 88.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.7%
- Unemployed: 7.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Birch Run village
- Never married: 22.1%
- Now married: 54.1%
- Separated: 1.4%
- Widowed: 7.9%
- Divorced: 14.5%
1.5% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +658 (+66.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Birch Run:
- ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER (about 15 miles; SAGINAW,
MI)
- MCLAREN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 17 miles;
FLINT, MI)
- SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL-SAGINAW (about 18 miles;
SAGINAW, MI)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Birch Run:
- BISHOP INTERNATIONAL (about 22 miles; FLINT, MI; ID:
FNT)
- MBS INTL (about 27 miles; SAGINAW, MI; ID: MBS)
- OAKLAND COUNTY INTERNATIONAL (about 49 miles;
PONTIAC, MI; ID: PTK)
Other public-use airports nearest to Birch Run:
- WM 'TINY' ZEHNDER FIELD (about 8 miles; FRANKENMUTH,
MI; ID: 66G)
- CAGNEY (about 9 miles; CLIO, MI; ID: 51G)
- SAGINAW COUNTY H.W. BROWNE (about 14 miles; SAGINAW,
MI; ID: HYX)
Amtrak station near Birch Run:
- 19 miles: FLINT (1407 S. DORT HWY.). Services:
ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for
taxi service, public transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Birch Run:
- KETTERING UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles; FLINT, MI;
Full-time enrollment: 2,900)
- UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-FLINT (about 18 miles; FLINT,
MI; FT enrollment: 4,544)
- MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 18 miles; FLINT, MI;
FT enrollment: 4,616)
- BAKER COLLEGE OF FLINT (about 21 miles; FLINT, MI;
FT enrollment: 2,734)
- SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 26 miles;
UNIVERSITY CENTER, MI; FT enrollment: 6,216)
- DELTA COLLEGE (about 26 miles; UNIVERSITY CENTER,
MI; FT enrollment: 5,117)
- NORTHWOOD UNIVERSITY (about 42 miles; MIDLAND, MI;
FT enrollment: 2,784)
Public high school in Birch Run:
- BIRCH RUN HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 570;
Location: 12450 CHURCH STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Birch Run:
- NORTH ELEMENTARY BUILDING (Students: 715;
Location: 12440 CHURCH STREET; Grades: KG - 04)
- MARSHALL GREENE MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 613;
Location: 8225 MAIN STREET; Grades: 05 - 08)
- BRUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 198;
Location: 6005 FORT ROAD; Grades: KG - 04)
- BIRCH RUN PRESCHOOL (Location: 8177 RACINE
STREET; Grades: PK - PK)
Library in Birch Run:
- THOMAS E. FLESCHNER MEMORIAL LIBRARY
(Operating income: $67,851; Location: 11935 SILVER CREEK
DRIVE; 18,321 books; 451 audio materials; 452 video
materials; 26 serial subscriptions)
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