Capac vs Emmett

A side-by-side comparison of Capac and Emmett: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Capac has the higher population (1,903 vs 213 in Emmett). Emmett has the higher median household income ($117,539 vs $61,000 in Capac). Capac has the higher median home value ($141,300 vs $124,000 in Emmett).

Population, income & housing

	Capac	Emmett
Population	1,903	213
Median age	37.3 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,000	$117,539
Median home value	$141,300	$124,000
Median gross rent	$792	$863
Housing units	779	98
Homeownership rate	72.0%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Capac	Emmett
Population	1,821 → 1,903 (+4.5%)	227 → 213 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$43,775 → $61,000 (+39.3%)	$47,813 → $117,539 (+145.8%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $141,300 (+61.5%)	$121,300 → $124,000 (+2.2%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $792 (+1.0%)	$625 → $863 (+38.1%)

Capac

Population

1,8211,903

Median household income

$43,775$61,000

Median home value

$87,500$141,300

Median gross rent

$784$792

Emmett

Population

227213

Median household income

$47,813$117,539

Median home value

$121,300$124,000

Median gross rent

$625$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Capac	Emmett
Under 5	8.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.9%	6.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	4.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	40.4%
35 to 44	14.6%	3.8%
45 to 54	11.2%	4.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	23.9%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.9%
75 and over	4.2%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Capac	Emmett
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Capac	Emmett
No high school diploma	8.4%	16.9%
High school graduate	39.3%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Capac	Emmett
Drove alone	80.9%	96.2%
Carpooled	10.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Capac	Emmett
1-unit, detached	63.5%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Capac	Emmett
Poverty rate	13.0%	2.8%
Average household size	2.52	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1969	1938