Canadian Lakes vs Mecosta

A side-by-side comparison of Canadian Lakes and Mecosta: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Canadian Lakes has the higher population (2,701 vs 509 in Mecosta). Mecosta has the higher median household income ($70,069 vs $69,069 in Canadian Lakes). Canadian Lakes has the higher median home value ($258,900 vs $92,200 in Mecosta).

Population, income & housing

	Canadian Lakes	Mecosta
Population	2,701	509
Median age	65.4 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,069	$70,069
Median home value	$258,900	$92,200
Median gross rent	$800	$804
Housing units	2,360	223
Homeownership rate	89.4%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canadian Lakes	Mecosta
Population	2,574 → 2,701 (+4.9%)	404 → 509 (+26.0%)
Median household income	$58,229 → $69,069 (+18.6%)	$33,750 → $70,069 (+107.6%)
Median home value	$186,300 → $258,900 (+39.0%)	$63,100 → $92,200 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $800 (+0.0%)	$767 → $804 (+4.8%)

Canadian Lakes

Population

2,5742,701

Median household income

$58,229$69,069

Median home value

$186,300$258,900

Median gross rent

$800$800

Mecosta

Population

404509

Median household income

$33,750$70,069

Median home value

$63,100$92,200

Median gross rent

$767$804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canadian Lakes	Mecosta
Under 5	2.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	6.7%	8.1%
18 to 24	2.9%	3.7%
25 to 34	9.7%	17.9%
35 to 44	5.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	7.3%	6.9%
55 to 64	14.5%	26.9%
65 to 74	32.4%	11.0%
75 and over	18.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canadian Lakes	Mecosta
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canadian Lakes	Mecosta
No high school diploma	0.4%	9.7%
High school graduate	28.0%	54.0%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canadian Lakes	Mecosta
Drove alone	72.0%	91.3%
Carpooled	9.4%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	0.5%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canadian Lakes	Mecosta
1-unit, detached	85.0%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	23.3%

Poverty & households

	Canadian Lakes	Mecosta
Poverty rate	13.3%	19.4%
Average household size	1.89	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1988	1971