Caro vs Cass City

A side-by-side comparison of Caro and Cass City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Caro has the higher population (4,284 vs 2,189 in Cass City). Cass City has the higher median household income ($55,500 vs $41,940 in Caro). Cass City has the higher median home value ($102,300 vs $102,200 in Caro).

Population, income & housing

	Caro	Cass City
Population	4,284	2,189
Median age	40.6 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,940	$55,500
Median home value	$102,200	$102,300
Median gross rent	$728	$638
Housing units	2,004	1,023
Homeownership rate	62.6%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caro	Cass City
Population	4,054 → 4,284 (+5.7%)	2,353 → 2,189 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$34,167 → $41,940 (+22.8%)	$47,344 → $55,500 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$77,800 → $102,200 (+31.4%)	$81,600 → $102,300 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $728 (+4.4%)	$578 → $638 (+10.4%)

Caro

Population

4,0544,284

Median household income

$34,167$41,940

Median home value

$77,800$102,200

Median gross rent

$697$728

Cass City

Population

2,3532,189

Median household income

$47,344$55,500

Median home value

$81,600$102,300

Median gross rent

$578$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caro	Cass City
Under 5	5.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	12.4%	9.9%
75 and over	9.9%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caro	Cass City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	87.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caro	Cass City
No high school diploma	9.7%	5.1%
High school graduate	43.9%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caro	Cass City
Drove alone	77.9%	89.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	2.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caro	Cass City
1-unit, detached	70.6%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	7.3%
20 or more units	9.8%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Caro	Cass City
Poverty rate	26.7%	16.5%
Average household size	2.18	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1961	1971