Kalamazoo vs Vicksburg

A side-by-side comparison of Kalamazoo and Vicksburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kalamazoo has the higher population (73,132 vs 3,824 in Vicksburg). Vicksburg has the higher median household income ($70,070 vs $48,965 in Kalamazoo). Vicksburg has the higher median home value ($208,300 vs $164,500 in Kalamazoo).

Population, income & housing

	Kalamazoo	Vicksburg
Population	73,132	3,824
Median age	26.8 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,965	$70,070
Median home value	$164,500	$208,300
Median gross rent	$1,031	$914
Housing units	32,579	1,598
Homeownership rate	42.9%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kalamazoo	Vicksburg
Population	76,019 → 73,132 (-3.8%)	3,291 → 3,824 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$41,774 → $48,965 (+17.2%)	$57,115 → $70,070 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $164,500 (+54.3%)	$139,200 → $208,300 (+49.6%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $1,031 (+29.7%)	$701 → $914 (+30.4%)

Kalamazoo

Population

76,01973,132

Median household income

$41,774$48,965

Median home value

$106,600$164,500

Median gross rent

$795$1,031

Vicksburg

Population

3,2913,824

Median household income

$57,115$70,070

Median home value

$139,200$208,300

Median gross rent

$701$914

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kalamazoo	Vicksburg
Under 5	5.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.2%	19.9%
18 to 24	27.6%	11.6%
25 to 34	15.1%	15.5%
35 to 44	10.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	8.7%	13.8%
55 to 64	8.5%	9.3%
65 to 74	6.6%	6.4%
75 and over	4.3%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kalamazoo	Vicksburg
White (non-Hispanic)	60.2%	94.9%
Black or African American	21.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kalamazoo	Vicksburg
No high school diploma	10.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	22.7%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	49.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kalamazoo	Vicksburg
Drove alone	74.1%	86.3%
Carpooled	7.1%	7.7%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	5.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kalamazoo	Vicksburg
1-unit, detached	50.7%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	17.8%	5.2%
20 or more units	16.2%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kalamazoo	Vicksburg
Poverty rate	27.0%	5.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1959	1984