Cassopolis vs Dowagiac

A side-by-side comparison of Cassopolis and Dowagiac: population, income, housing, and more.

Cassopolis and Dowagiac are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dowagiac has the higher population (5,677 vs 1,763 in Cassopolis). Cassopolis has the higher median household income ($40,529 vs $38,433 in Dowagiac). Dowagiac has the higher median home value ($110,300 vs $99,700 in Cassopolis).

Population, income & housing

	Cassopolis	Dowagiac
Population	1,763	5,677
Median age	42.6 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,529	$38,433
Median home value	$99,700	$110,300
Median gross rent	$827	$722
Housing units	854	3,026
Homeownership rate	54.4%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cassopolis	Dowagiac
Population	1,692 → 1,763 (+4.2%)	5,743 → 5,677 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$32,813 → $40,529 (+23.5%)	$33,520 → $38,433 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$64,900 → $99,700 (+53.6%)	$71,100 → $110,300 (+55.1%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $827 (+48.2%)	$579 → $722 (+24.7%)

Cassopolis

Population

1,6921,763

Median household income

$32,813$40,529

Median home value

$64,900$99,700

Median gross rent

$558$827

Dowagiac

Population

5,7435,677

Median household income

$33,520$38,433

Median home value

$71,100$110,300

Median gross rent

$579$722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cassopolis	Dowagiac
Under 5	2.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.9%	16.2%
18 to 24	10.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	10.4%	17.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	7.6%
45 to 54	15.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	7.9%	11.2%
75 and over	8.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cassopolis	Dowagiac
White (non-Hispanic)	50.2%	71.3%
Black or African American	31.1%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	2.3%
Asian	3.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.9%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cassopolis	Dowagiac
No high school diploma	11.1%	14.7%
High school graduate	50.9%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cassopolis	Dowagiac
Drove alone	64.5%	74.5%
Carpooled	11.5%	12.4%
Public transit	2.0%	1.5%
Walked	11.8%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	3.5%
Other means	2.6%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cassopolis	Dowagiac
1-unit, detached	66.9%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	14.1%
20 or more units	15.5%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Cassopolis	Dowagiac
Poverty rate	21.6%	30.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1953	1952