Cass City vs Vassar

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

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

Vassar has the higher population (2,704 vs 2,189 in Cass City). Vassar has the higher median household income ($61,827 vs $55,500 in Cass City). Vassar has the higher median home value ($134,600 vs $102,300 in Cass City).

Population, income & housing

	Cass City	Vassar
Population	2,189	2,704
Median age	43.3 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,500	$61,827
Median home value	$102,300	$134,600
Median gross rent	$638	$726
Housing units	1,023	1,169
Homeownership rate	80.1%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cass City	Vassar
Population	2,353 → 2,189 (-7.0%)	2,576 → 2,704 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$47,344 → $55,500 (+17.2%)	$36,631 → $61,827 (+68.8%)
Median home value	$81,600 → $102,300 (+25.4%)	$85,500 → $134,600 (+57.4%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $638 (+10.4%)	$636 → $726 (+14.2%)

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

Vassar

Population

2,5762,704

Median household income

$36,631$61,827

Median home value

$85,500$134,600

Median gross rent

$636$726

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cass City	Vassar
Under 5	5.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	19.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	13.3%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	15.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	8.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.1%
75 and over	12.2%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cass City	Vassar
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	81.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cass City	Vassar
No high school diploma	5.1%	7.7%
High school graduate	45.2%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cass City	Vassar
Drove alone	89.0%	78.3%
Carpooled	7.3%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cass City	Vassar
1-unit, detached	63.3%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	11.7%
20 or more units	3.4%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Cass City	Vassar
Poverty rate	16.5%	14.3%
Average household size	2.50	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1971	1967