Hersey vs Reed City

A side-by-side comparison of Hersey and Reed City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Reed City has the higher population (2,505 vs 317 in Hersey). Hersey has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $48,646 in Reed City). Hersey has the higher median home value ($113,500 vs $105,400 in Reed City).

Population, income & housing

	Hersey	Reed City
Population	317	2,505
Median age	38.5 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,000	$48,646
Median home value	$113,500	$105,400
Median gross rent	$913	$587
Housing units	152	1,187
Homeownership rate	82.3%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hersey	Reed City
Population	315 → 317 (+0.6%)	2,472 → 2,505 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$49,821 → $60,000 (+20.4%)	$35,658 → $48,646 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$81,700 → $113,500 (+38.9%)	$70,800 → $105,400 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $913 (+2.2%)	$563 → $587 (+4.3%)

Hersey

Population

315317

Median household income

$49,821$60,000

Median home value

$81,700$113,500

Median gross rent

$893$913

Reed City

Population

2,4722,505

Median household income

$35,658$48,646

Median home value

$70,800$105,400

Median gross rent

$563$587

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hersey	Reed City
Under 5	7.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	14.5%	13.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	15.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	8.5%	16.4%
45 to 54	15.5%	9.5%
55 to 64	13.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.3%
75 and over	5.7%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hersey	Reed City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hersey	Reed City
No high school diploma	4.6%	19.4%
High school graduate	50.7%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hersey	Reed City
Drove alone	76.9%	73.4%
Carpooled	15.4%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.0%	9.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hersey	Reed City
1-unit, detached	85.5%	65.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Hersey	Reed City
Poverty rate	7.9%	20.8%
Average household size	2.44	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1968	1960