Amasa vs Caspian

A side-by-side comparison of Amasa and Caspian: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Caspian has the higher population (553 vs 262 in Amasa). Caspian has the higher median household income ($36,750 vs $35,536 in Amasa). Caspian has the higher median home value ($69,400 vs $56,900 in Amasa).

Population, income & housing

	Amasa	Caspian
Population	262	553
Median age	67.0 yrs	57.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,536	$36,750
Median home value	$56,900	$69,400
Median gross rent	$333	$620
Housing units	201	383
Homeownership rate	92.4%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amasa	Caspian
Population	200 → 262 (+31.0%)	477 → 553 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$25,795 → $35,536 (+37.8%)	$29,063 → $36,750 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$56,600 → $56,900 (+0.5%)	$43,100 → $69,400 (+61.0%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $333 (-21.6%)	$513 → $620 (+20.9%)

Amasa

Population

200262

Median household income

$25,795$35,536

Median home value

$56,600$56,900

Median gross rent

$425$333

Caspian

Population

477553

Median household income

$29,063$36,750

Median home value

$43,100$69,400

Median gross rent

$513$620

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amasa	Caspian
Under 5	3.1%	3.3%
5 to 17	9.9%	11.8%
18 to 24	3.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	4.6%	7.6%
35 to 44	2.7%	8.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	16.1%
65 to 74	36.3%	20.1%
75 and over	15.6%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amasa	Caspian
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.5%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amasa	Caspian
No high school diploma	5.0%	10.9%
High school graduate	56.6%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amasa	Caspian
Drove alone	36.6%	79.9%
Carpooled	1.8%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	33.9%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.7%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amasa	Caspian
1-unit, detached	86.1%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.9%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Amasa	Caspian
Poverty rate	19.6%	25.7%
Average household size	1.67	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1938	1951