Arcadia vs Filer City

A side-by-side comparison of Arcadia and Filer City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Filer City has the higher population (183 vs 123 in Arcadia). Arcadia has the higher median home value ($256,800 vs $93,100 in Filer City). Since 2019, Filer City's population has grown faster (+221.1% vs -51.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Arcadia	Filer City
Population	123	183
Median age	69.2 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$83,333	—
Median home value	$256,800	$93,100
Housing units	288	70
Homeownership rate	92.9%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	3.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcadia	Filer City
Population	255 → 123 (-51.8%)	57 → 183 (+221.1%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $83,333 (+62.6%)	$86,750 → $84,250 (-2.9%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $256,800 (+58.0%)	$84,200 → $93,100 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $967 (+19.4%)	—

Arcadia

Population

255123

Median household income

$51,250$83,333

Median home value

$162,500$256,800

Median gross rent

$810$967

Filer City

Population

57183

Median household income

$86,750$84,250

Median home value

$84,200$93,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcadia	Filer City
Under 5	0.0%	10.4%
5 to 17	2.4%	12.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	8.9%	13.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.8%
45 to 54	9.8%	9.8%
55 to 64	15.4%	6.6%
65 to 74	50.4%	17.5%
75 and over	13.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcadia	Filer City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcadia	Filer City
No high school diploma	8.3%	13.2%
High school graduate	4.2%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	41.7%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcadia	Filer City
Drove alone	81.0%	94.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	9.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcadia	Filer City
1-unit, detached	88.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arcadia	Filer City
Poverty rate	8.1%	3.8%
Average household size	1.76	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1969	1952