Paris vs Stanwood

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

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

Paris has the higher population (172 vs 163 in Stanwood). Stanwood has the higher median household income ($51,319 vs $48,571 in Paris). Paris has the higher median home value ($136,600 vs $131,300 in Stanwood).

Population, income & housing

	Paris	Stanwood
Population	172	163
Median age	61.6 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,571	$51,319
Median home value	$136,600	$131,300
Median gross rent	—	$950
Housing units	92	86
Homeownership rate	68.5%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paris	Stanwood
Population	251 → 172 (-31.5%)	257 → 163 (-36.6%)
Median household income	$30,469 → $48,571 (+59.4%)	$32,361 → $51,319 (+58.6%)
Median home value	—	$63,200 → $131,300 (+107.8%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $948 (+9.8%)	$775 → $950 (+22.6%)

Paris

Population

251172

Median household income

$30,469$48,571

Median gross rent

$863$948

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)

	Paris	Stanwood
Under 5	9.3%	3.7%
5 to 17	3.5%	6.1%
18 to 24	2.3%	12.9%
25 to 34	20.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	4.1%	14.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	9.8%
55 to 64	18.0%	20.2%
65 to 74	23.8%	12.3%
75 and over	18.6%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paris	Stanwood
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	77.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	8.7%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paris	Stanwood
No high school diploma	10.3%	4.0%
High school graduate	45.9%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paris	Stanwood
Drove alone	44.7%	93.2%
Carpooled	17.0%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	38.3%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paris	Stanwood
1-unit, detached	40.2%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	22.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.3%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Paris	Stanwood
Poverty rate	20.9%	3.1%
Average household size	1.87	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1986	1949