Parchment vs Schoolcraft

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

Parchment and Schoolcraft 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 1,268 in Schoolcraft). Schoolcraft has the higher median household income ($82,813 vs $54,572 in Parchment). Schoolcraft has the higher median home value ($208,300 vs $178,400 in Parchment).

Population, income & housing

	Parchment	Schoolcraft
Population	2,012	1,268
Median age	30.2 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,572	$82,813
Median home value	$178,400	$208,300
Median gross rent	$1,024	$863
Housing units	1,002	530
Homeownership rate	56.9%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parchment	Schoolcraft
Population	1,953 → 2,012 (+3.0%)	1,332 → 1,268 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $54,572 (+9.1%)	$59,737 → $82,813 (+38.6%)
Median home value	$121,400 → $178,400 (+47.0%)	$125,200 → $208,300 (+66.4%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $1,024 (+35.8%)	$708 → $863 (+21.9%)

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

Schoolcraft

Population

1,3321,268

Median household income

$59,737$82,813

Median home value

$125,200$208,300

Median gross rent

$708$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parchment	Schoolcraft
Under 5	5.4%	7.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	18.5%
18 to 24	15.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	22.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.4%
45 to 54	7.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	9.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	4.8%	8.0%
75 and over	5.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parchment	Schoolcraft
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	93.1%
Black or African American	14.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parchment	Schoolcraft
No high school diploma	5.5%	3.6%
High school graduate	27.2%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parchment	Schoolcraft
Drove alone	86.6%	79.6%
Carpooled	2.5%	11.1%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parchment	Schoolcraft
1-unit, detached	57.2%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	6.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Parchment	Schoolcraft
Poverty rate	8.9%	7.3%
Average household size	2.21	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1954	1964