Climax vs Parchment

A side-by-side comparison of Climax and Parchment: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Parchment has the higher population (2,012 vs 790 in Climax). Climax has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $54,572 in Parchment). Climax has the higher median home value ($202,600 vs $178,400 in Parchment).

Population, income & housing

	Climax	Parchment
Population	790	2,012
Median age	30.2 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$54,572
Median home value	$202,600	$178,400
Median gross rent	$850	$1,024
Housing units	334	1,002
Homeownership rate	84.2%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	22.1%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Climax	Parchment
Population	762 → 790 (+3.7%)	1,953 → 2,012 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$61,917 → $78,750 (+27.2%)	$50,000 → $54,572 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$122,400 → $202,600 (+65.5%)	$121,400 → $178,400 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $850 (+17.2%)	$754 → $1,024 (+35.8%)

Climax

Population

762790

Median household income

$61,917$78,750

Median home value

$122,400$202,600

Median gross rent

$725$850

Parchment

Population

1,9532,012

Median household income

$50,000$54,572

Median home value

$121,400$178,400

Median gross rent

$754$1,024

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Climax	Parchment
Under 5	8.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.2%	15.9%
18 to 24	12.0%	15.1%
25 to 34	17.7%	22.4%
35 to 44	8.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	7.1%
55 to 64	10.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	4.8%
75 and over	4.8%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Climax	Parchment
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	67.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	14.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	3.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Climax	Parchment
No high school diploma	5.8%	5.5%
High school graduate	31.7%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Climax	Parchment
Drove alone	82.7%	86.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	5.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Climax	Parchment
1-unit, detached	83.2%	57.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	19.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Climax	Parchment
Poverty rate	9.0%	8.9%
Average household size	2.65	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1980	1954