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Census Tract 9602, Mecosta, MI

2,891 Population
56.5 square miles 51.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.7 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Mecosta County: 40 ±0.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,199 ±$3,428 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mecosta County: $29,951 ±$918
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
$54,559 ±$8,817 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mecosta County: $60,951 ±$2,088
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293

15.1% ±3.8% (435  ±115) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mecosta County: 19.9% 7,752 (±1.9% / ±740)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)

31.7 minutes ±1.2 (35,720  ±5,136) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Mecosta County: 23.7 376,425 (±0.9 / ±19,839)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)

Families

1,360 ±121 Number of households
  • Mecosta County: 16,708 ±368
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
2.1 ±0.3 (2,877  ±234) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mecosta County: 2.3 39,002 (±0.1 / ±65)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281

9.9% ±5.3% (50  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Mecosta County: 5.4% † 497 (±1.5% / ±137)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)

Housing

2,309 ±141 Number of housing units
  • Mecosta County: 21,139 ±59
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795

$154,300 ±$11,552 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mecosta County: $178,900 ±$7,731
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642

4.4% ±1.4% (125  ±42.5) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mecosta County: 17.2% 7,002 (±1.7% / ±681.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)

Social

91.8% ±4.2% (2,102  ±190.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mecosta County: 91.4% 24,772 (±2.8% / ±755)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
17.4% ±2.4% (399  ±63.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mecosta County: 22.5% 6,088 (±1.3% / ±358.8)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.7% ±0.4% (19  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Mecosta County: 2% 837
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881

10.7% ±2.1% (254  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mecosta County: 7.2% † 2,403 (±0.9% / ±282)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
254 Total veterans ±54 242 Male ±56 12 Female ±11

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