Mecosta vs Stanwood

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

Mecosta and Stanwood 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 163 in Stanwood). Mecosta has the higher median household income ($70,069 vs $51,319 in Stanwood). Stanwood has the higher median home value ($131,300 vs $92,200 in Mecosta).

Population, income & housing

	Mecosta	Stanwood
Population	509	163
Median age	45.1 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,069	$51,319
Median home value	$92,200	$131,300
Median gross rent	$804	$950
Housing units	223	86
Homeownership rate	82.8%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mecosta	Stanwood
Population	404 → 509 (+26.0%)	257 → 163 (-36.6%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $70,069 (+107.6%)	$32,361 → $51,319 (+58.6%)
Median home value	$63,100 → $92,200 (+46.1%)	$63,200 → $131,300 (+107.8%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $804 (+4.8%)	$775 → $950 (+22.6%)

Mecosta

Population

404509

Median household income

$33,750$70,069

Median home value

$63,100$92,200

Median gross rent

$767$804

Stanwood

Population

257163

Median household income

$32,361$51,319

Median home value

$63,200$131,300

Median gross rent

$775$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mecosta	Stanwood
Under 5	7.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	8.1%	6.1%
18 to 24	3.7%	12.9%
25 to 34	17.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.1%
45 to 54	6.9%	9.8%
55 to 64	26.9%	20.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	12.3%
75 and over	5.3%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mecosta	Stanwood
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	77.3%
Black or African American	5.7%	1.8%
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%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.5%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mecosta	Stanwood
No high school diploma	9.7%	4.0%
High school graduate	54.0%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mecosta	Stanwood
Drove alone	91.3%	93.2%
Carpooled	6.4%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mecosta	Stanwood
1-unit, detached	75.8%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.3%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Mecosta	Stanwood
Poverty rate	19.4%	3.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1971	1949