Reese vs Vassar

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

Reese 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 1,303 in Reese). Reese has the higher median household income ($83,125 vs $61,827 in Vassar). Reese has the higher median home value ($174,600 vs $134,600 in Vassar).

Population, income & housing

	Reese	Vassar
Population	1,303	2,704
Median age	47.1 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$83,125	$61,827
Median home value	$174,600	$134,600
Median gross rent	$909	$726
Housing units	585	1,169
Homeownership rate	79.6%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Reese	Vassar
Population	1,397 → 1,303 (-6.7%)	2,576 → 2,704 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$66,048 → $83,125 (+25.9%)	$36,631 → $61,827 (+68.8%)
Median home value	$115,700 → $174,600 (+50.9%)	$85,500 → $134,600 (+57.4%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $909 (+41.8%)	$636 → $726 (+14.2%)

Reese

Population

1,3971,303

Median household income

$66,048$83,125

Median home value

$115,700$174,600

Median gross rent

$641$909

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)

	Reese	Vassar
Under 5	2.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.3%	19.6%
18 to 24	6.4%	13.3%
25 to 34	11.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	15.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	8.0%
65 to 74	15.2%	10.1%
75 and over	10.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Reese	Vassar
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	81.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Reese	Vassar
No high school diploma	3.4%	7.7%
High school graduate	31.1%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Reese	Vassar
Drove alone	86.6%	78.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Reese	Vassar
1-unit, detached	77.6%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	11.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Reese	Vassar
Poverty rate	2.9%	14.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1974	1967