Cassopolis vs Vandalia

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

Cassopolis and Vandalia 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 369 in Vandalia). Vandalia has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $40,529 in Cassopolis). Cassopolis has the higher median home value ($99,700 vs $64,200 in Vandalia).

Population, income & housing

	Cassopolis	Vandalia
Population	1,763	369
Median age	42.6 yrs	27.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,529	$65,000
Median home value	$99,700	$64,200
Median gross rent	$827	$1,168
Housing units	854	140
Homeownership rate	54.4%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cassopolis	Vandalia
Population	1,692 → 1,763 (+4.2%)	381 → 369 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$32,813 → $40,529 (+23.5%)	$37,500 → $65,000 (+73.3%)
Median home value	$64,900 → $99,700 (+53.6%)	$37,900 → $64,200 (+69.4%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $827 (+48.2%)	$782 → $1,168 (+49.4%)

Cassopolis

Population

1,6921,763

Median household income

$32,813$40,529

Median home value

$64,900$99,700

Median gross rent

$558$827

Vandalia

Population

381369

Median household income

$37,500$65,000

Median home value

$37,900$64,200

Median gross rent

$782$1,168

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cassopolis	Vandalia
Under 5	2.2%	8.9%
5 to 17	17.9%	29.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.4%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.3%
45 to 54	15.6%	5.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	14.6%
65 to 74	7.9%	6.0%
75 and over	8.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cassopolis	Vandalia
White (non-Hispanic)	50.2%	65.0%
Black or African American	31.1%	15.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	3.9%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.6%
Two or more races	10.9%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cassopolis	Vandalia
No high school diploma	11.1%	21.6%
High school graduate	50.9%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cassopolis	Vandalia
Drove alone	64.5%	76.8%
Carpooled	11.5%	20.4%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.8%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	0.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cassopolis	Vandalia
1-unit, detached	66.9%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	15.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Cassopolis	Vandalia
Poverty rate	21.6%	5.8%
Average household size	2.24	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1953	1946