Cement City vs Jasper

A side-by-side comparison of Cement City and Jasper: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cement City has the higher population (584 vs 358 in Jasper). Jasper has the higher median household income ($54,643 vs $50,750 in Cement City). Jasper has the higher median home value ($124,100 vs $100,900 in Cement City).

Population, income & housing

	Cement City	Jasper
Population	584	358
Median age	37.4 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,750	$54,643
Median home value	$100,900	$124,100
Median gross rent	$888	$1,333
Housing units	239	143
Homeownership rate	77.9%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	16.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cement City	Jasper
Population	482 → 584 (+21.2%)	383 → 358 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$41,023 → $50,750 (+23.7%)	$55,625 → $54,643 (-1.8%)
Median home value	$73,200 → $100,900 (+37.8%)	$85,000 → $124,100 (+46.0%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $888 (+28.0%)	$1,029 → $1,333 (+29.5%)

Cement City

Population

482584

Median household income

$41,023$50,750

Median home value

$73,200$100,900

Median gross rent

$694$888

Jasper

Population

383358

Median household income

$55,625$54,643

Median home value

$85,000$124,100

Median gross rent

$1,029$1,333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cement City	Jasper
Under 5	4.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	20.9%	9.5%
18 to 24	4.6%	26.0%
25 to 34	15.9%	15.6%
35 to 44	17.3%	3.9%
45 to 54	9.1%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	5.0%
75 and over	6.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cement City	Jasper
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cement City	Jasper
No high school diploma	19.2%	9.6%
High school graduate	41.8%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cement City	Jasper
Drove alone	79.2%	84.4%
Carpooled	16.1%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	9.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cement City	Jasper
1-unit, detached	82.0%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Cement City	Jasper
Poverty rate	25.3%	13.4%
Average household size	2.69	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1949	1944