Cassopolis vs Marcellus

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

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

Cassopolis has the higher population (1,763 vs 1,113 in Marcellus). Marcellus has the higher median household income ($55,417 vs $40,529 in Cassopolis). Marcellus has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $99,700 in Cassopolis).

Population, income & housing

	Cassopolis	Marcellus
Population	1,763	1,113
Median age	42.6 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,529	$55,417
Median home value	$99,700	$112,500
Median gross rent	$827	$790
Housing units	854	458
Homeownership rate	54.4%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cassopolis	Marcellus
Population	1,692 → 1,763 (+4.2%)	1,297 → 1,113 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$32,813 → $40,529 (+23.5%)	$45,268 → $55,417 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$64,900 → $99,700 (+53.6%)	$73,900 → $112,500 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $827 (+48.2%)	$879 → $790 (-10.1%)

Cassopolis

Population

1,6921,763

Median household income

$32,813$40,529

Median home value

$64,900$99,700

Median gross rent

$558$827

Marcellus

Population

1,2971,113

Median household income

$45,268$55,417

Median home value

$73,900$112,500

Median gross rent

$879$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cassopolis	Marcellus
Under 5	2.2%	8.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	10.3%	12.3%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	8.2%
45 to 54	15.6%	15.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	17.3%
65 to 74	7.9%	7.1%
75 and over	8.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cassopolis	Marcellus
White (non-Hispanic)	50.2%	93.8%
Black or African American	31.1%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	3.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cassopolis	Marcellus
No high school diploma	11.1%	9.6%
High school graduate	50.9%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cassopolis	Marcellus
Drove alone	64.5%	90.7%
Carpooled	11.5%	4.3%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	2.7%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cassopolis	Marcellus
1-unit, detached	66.9%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	3.9%
20 or more units	15.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Cassopolis	Marcellus
Poverty rate	21.6%	12.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1953	1944