Mears vs New Era

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

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

New Era has the higher population (453 vs 189 in Mears). New Era has the higher median household income ($81,500 vs $41,364 in Mears). New Era has the higher median home value ($172,200 vs $107,600 in Mears).

Population, income & housing

	Mears	New Era
Population	189	453
Median age	51.3 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,364	$81,500
Median home value	$107,600	$172,200
Median gross rent	$1,034	$967
Housing units	108	193
Homeownership rate	68.5%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	31.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mears	New Era
Population	291 → 189 (-35.1%)	472 → 453 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$38,958 → $41,364 (+6.2%)	$65,938 → $81,500 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$118,100 → $107,600 (-8.9%)	$117,400 → $172,200 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$842 → $1,034 (+22.8%)	$638 → $967 (+51.6%)

Mears

Population

291189

Median household income

$38,958$41,364

Median home value

$118,100$107,600

Median gross rent

$842$1,034

New Era

Population

472453

Median household income

$65,938$81,500

Median home value

$117,400$172,200

Median gross rent

$638$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mears	New Era
Under 5	2.1%	2.2%
5 to 17	11.1%	12.6%
18 to 24	2.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.8%	11.5%
35 to 44	6.3%	4.9%
45 to 54	18.0%	16.3%
55 to 64	21.2%	18.3%
65 to 74	11.6%	16.1%
75 and over	12.2%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mears	New Era
White (non-Hispanic)	61.9%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	16.9%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	21.2%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mears	New Era
No high school diploma	6.9%	4.6%
High school graduate	41.5%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mears	New Era
Drove alone	82.6%	79.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.3%
Other means	12.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mears	New Era
1-unit, detached	55.6%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.7%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Mears	New Era
Poverty rate	13.2%	7.3%
Average household size	2.05	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1975	1961