Hesperia vs Mears

A side-by-side comparison of Hesperia and Mears: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hesperia has the higher population (1,007 vs 189 in Mears). Hesperia has the higher median household income ($44,271 vs $41,364 in Mears). Hesperia has the higher median home value ($121,300 vs $107,600 in Mears).

Population, income & housing

	Hesperia	Mears
Population	1,007	189
Median age	41.6 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,271	$41,364
Median home value	$121,300	$107,600
Median gross rent	$556	$1,034
Housing units	423	108
Homeownership rate	72.9%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hesperia	Mears
Population	951 → 1,007 (+5.9%)	291 → 189 (-35.1%)
Median household income	$34,948 → $44,271 (+26.7%)	$38,958 → $41,364 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$82,200 → $121,300 (+47.6%)	$118,100 → $107,600 (-8.9%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $556 (-4.3%)	$842 → $1,034 (+22.8%)

Hesperia

Population

9511,007

Median household income

$34,948$44,271

Median home value

$82,200$121,300

Median gross rent

$581$556

Mears

Population

291189

Median household income

$38,958$41,364

Median home value

$118,100$107,600

Median gross rent

$842$1,034

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hesperia	Mears
Under 5	5.2%	2.1%
5 to 17	20.1%	11.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	2.6%
25 to 34	12.8%	14.8%
35 to 44	10.4%	6.3%
45 to 54	8.7%	18.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	21.2%
65 to 74	16.5%	11.6%
75 and over	6.9%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hesperia	Mears
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	61.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	16.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hesperia	Mears
No high school diploma	12.3%	6.9%
High school graduate	50.4%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hesperia	Mears
Drove alone	84.2%	82.6%
Carpooled	5.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	12.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hesperia	Mears
1-unit, detached	77.3%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	19.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	41.7%

Poverty & households

	Hesperia	Mears
Poverty rate	18.1%	13.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1962	1975