Marcellus vs Vandalia

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

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

Marcellus has the higher population (1,113 vs 369 in Vandalia). Vandalia has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $55,417 in Marcellus). Marcellus has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $64,200 in Vandalia).

Population, income & housing

	Marcellus	Vandalia
Population	1,113	369
Median age	42.5 yrs	27.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,417	$65,000
Median home value	$112,500	$64,200
Median gross rent	$790	$1,168
Housing units	458	140
Homeownership rate	79.9%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marcellus	Vandalia
Population	1,297 → 1,113 (-14.2%)	381 → 369 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$45,268 → $55,417 (+22.4%)	$37,500 → $65,000 (+73.3%)
Median home value	$73,900 → $112,500 (+52.2%)	$37,900 → $64,200 (+69.4%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $790 (-10.1%)	$782 → $1,168 (+49.4%)

Marcellus

Population

1,2971,113

Median household income

$45,268$55,417

Median home value

$73,900$112,500

Median gross rent

$879$790

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)

	Marcellus	Vandalia
Under 5	8.7%	8.9%
5 to 17	13.7%	29.0%
18 to 24	12.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	8.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	15.7%	5.7%
55 to 64	17.3%	14.6%
65 to 74	7.1%	6.0%
75 and over	6.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marcellus	Vandalia
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	65.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	15.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.7%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.6%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marcellus	Vandalia
No high school diploma	9.6%	21.6%
High school graduate	37.1%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marcellus	Vandalia
Drove alone	90.7%	76.8%
Carpooled	4.3%	20.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marcellus	Vandalia
1-unit, detached	85.8%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Marcellus	Vandalia
Poverty rate	12.4%	5.8%
Average household size	2.69	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1944	1946