Fair Plain vs St. Joseph

A side-by-side comparison of Fair Plain and St. Joseph: population, income, housing, and more.

Fair Plain and St. Joseph are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Joseph has the higher population (7,805 vs 6,992 in Fair Plain). St. Joseph has the higher median household income ($77,765 vs $55,536 in Fair Plain). St. Joseph has the higher median home value ($271,100 vs $147,800 in Fair Plain).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Plain	St. Joseph
Population	6,992	7,805
Median age	42.5 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,536	$77,765
Median home value	$147,800	$271,100
Median gross rent	$989	$1,079
Housing units	3,435	4,881
Homeownership rate	73.7%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	51.1%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Plain	St. Joseph
Population	7,076 → 6,992 (-1.2%)	8,316 → 7,805 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$38,494 → $55,536 (+44.3%)	$62,374 → $77,765 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $147,800 (+49.1%)	$196,000 → $271,100 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $989 (+26.1%)	$774 → $1,079 (+39.4%)

Fair Plain

Population

7,0766,992

Median household income

$38,494$55,536

Median home value

$99,100$147,800

Median gross rent

$784$989

St. Joseph

Population

8,3167,805

Median household income

$62,374$77,765

Median home value

$196,000$271,100

Median gross rent

$774$1,079

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Plain	St. Joseph
Under 5	6.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	10.9%	10.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	9.6%
25 to 34	15.7%	16.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	16.4%	12.2%
65 to 74	13.2%	13.4%
75 and over	4.8%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Plain	St. Joseph
White (non-Hispanic)	48.4%	84.1%
Black or African American	38.3%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.8%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Plain	St. Joseph
No high school diploma	11.2%	2.6%
High school graduate	31.7%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	20.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Plain	St. Joseph
Drove alone	83.5%	75.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	2.6%
Public transit	1.3%	0.2%
Walked	0.7%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	5.0%	15.1%
Other means	2.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Plain	St. Joseph
1-unit, detached	82.8%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	7.4%
20 or more units	2.0%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fair Plain	St. Joseph
Poverty rate	22.9%	7.1%
Average household size	2.23	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1960	1954