Dowagiac vs Marcellus

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

Dowagiac and Marcellus 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 1,113 in Marcellus). Marcellus has the higher median household income ($55,417 vs $38,433 in Dowagiac). Marcellus has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $110,300 in Dowagiac).

Population, income & housing

	Dowagiac	Marcellus
Population	5,677	1,113
Median age	37.3 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$38,433	$55,417
Median home value	$110,300	$112,500
Median gross rent	$722	$790
Housing units	3,026	458
Homeownership rate	50.3%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dowagiac	Marcellus
Population	5,743 → 5,677 (-1.1%)	1,297 → 1,113 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$33,520 → $38,433 (+14.7%)	$45,268 → $55,417 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$71,100 → $110,300 (+55.1%)	$73,900 → $112,500 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $722 (+24.7%)	$879 → $790 (-10.1%)

Dowagiac

Population

5,7435,677

Median household income

$33,520$38,433

Median home value

$71,100$110,300

Median gross rent

$579$722

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)

	Dowagiac	Marcellus
Under 5	5.5%	8.7%
5 to 17	16.2%	13.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	12.3%
25 to 34	17.3%	10.5%
35 to 44	7.6%	8.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	17.3%
65 to 74	11.2%	7.1%
75 and over	8.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dowagiac	Marcellus
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	93.8%
Black or African American	11.5%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dowagiac	Marcellus
No high school diploma	14.7%	9.6%
High school graduate	36.7%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dowagiac	Marcellus
Drove alone	74.5%	90.7%
Carpooled	12.4%	4.3%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	2.7%
Other means	3.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dowagiac	Marcellus
1-unit, detached	64.3%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	3.9%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Dowagiac	Marcellus
Poverty rate	30.4%	12.4%
Average household size	2.14	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1952	1944