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Beechwood, Michigan.

A community in Ottawa County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Ottawa County’s.

Living in Beechwood, Ottawa County, Michigan

Beechwood, in Ottawa County, had 3,121 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Ottawa County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.9% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Ottawa County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 3,121 in the 2020 census; median age 35.6
Household income Too few homes in Beechwood for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.0% Ottawa County, August 2026; 4.2% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Beechwood for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,004households
  • 32%of adults have a degree
  • 18 mintypical commute
  • 4%work from home

What people in Ottawa County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Manufacturing22%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Building trades6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Ottawa County had 129,408 jobs in 2025, 1.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 32° and 20°; warmest in July, 82° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 32° 20° F M A M J J 82° 62° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 32° and 20°; warmest in July, 82° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 32° 20° F M A M J J 82° 62° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 62°. About 35 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Holland Tulip City Airport weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Beechwood

  1. Boar's Head Provisions CoProcessed meats manufacturing683
  2. AdientTransportation equipment seating manufacturing416
  3. MeijerRetail90
  4. SpartanNashSupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores74
  5. Russ' Restaurant of NorthtownRestaurants, full service37

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,300 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Strong windRelatively high
  2. HailRelatively moderate
  3. TornadoesRelatively moderate
  4. Winter weatherRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Beechwood’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Ottawa County.