Mecosta vs Paris

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

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

Mecosta has the higher population (509 vs 172 in Paris). Mecosta has the higher median household income ($70,069 vs $48,571 in Paris). Paris has the higher median home value ($136,600 vs $92,200 in Mecosta).

Population, income & housing

	Mecosta	Paris
Population	509	172
Median age	45.1 yrs	61.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,069	$48,571
Median home value	$92,200	$136,600
Median gross rent	$804	—
Housing units	223	92
Homeownership rate	82.8%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mecosta	Paris
Population	404 → 509 (+26.0%)	251 → 172 (-31.5%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $70,069 (+107.6%)	$30,469 → $48,571 (+59.4%)
Median home value	$63,100 → $92,200 (+46.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$767 → $804 (+4.8%)	$863 → $948 (+9.8%)

Mecosta

Population

404509

Median household income

$33,750$70,069

Median home value

$63,100$92,200

Median gross rent

$767$804

Paris

Population

251172

Median household income

$30,469$48,571

Median gross rent

$863$948

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mecosta	Paris
Under 5	7.5%	9.3%
5 to 17	8.1%	3.5%
18 to 24	3.7%	2.3%
25 to 34	17.9%	20.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	4.1%
45 to 54	6.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	26.9%	18.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	23.8%
75 and over	5.3%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mecosta	Paris
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	91.3%
Black or African American	5.7%	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	4.5%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mecosta	Paris
No high school diploma	9.7%	10.3%
High school graduate	54.0%	45.9%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mecosta	Paris
Drove alone	91.3%	44.7%
Carpooled	6.4%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	38.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mecosta	Paris
1-unit, detached	75.8%	40.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	22.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.3%	28.3%

Poverty & households

	Mecosta	Paris
Poverty rate	19.4%	20.9%
Average household size	2.51	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1971	1986