Mattawan vs Paw Paw

A side-by-side comparison of Mattawan and Paw Paw: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paw Paw has the higher population (3,277 vs 2,615 in Mattawan). Mattawan has the higher median household income ($82,026 vs $38,989 in Paw Paw). Mattawan has the higher median home value ($177,500 vs $133,600 in Paw Paw).

Population, income & housing

	Mattawan	Paw Paw
Population	2,615	3,277
Median age	35.8 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,026	$38,989
Median home value	$177,500	$133,600
Median gross rent	$1,038	$775
Housing units	1,016	1,499
Homeownership rate	77.0%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mattawan	Paw Paw
Population	2,333 → 2,615 (+12.1%)	3,390 → 3,277 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$48,636 → $82,026 (+68.7%)	$43,226 → $38,989 (-9.8%)
Median home value	$104,200 → $177,500 (+70.3%)	$95,800 → $133,600 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$918 → $1,038 (+13.1%)	$668 → $775 (+16.0%)

Mattawan

Population

2,3332,615

Median household income

$48,636$82,026

Median home value

$104,200$177,500

Median gross rent

$918$1,038

Paw Paw

Population

3,3903,277

Median household income

$43,226$38,989

Median home value

$95,800$133,600

Median gross rent

$668$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mattawan	Paw Paw
Under 5	5.7%	10.0%
5 to 17	23.7%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.5%	18.2%
35 to 44	17.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	9.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.5%
75 and over	2.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mattawan	Paw Paw
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	80.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mattawan	Paw Paw
No high school diploma	7.1%	6.0%
High school graduate	29.7%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mattawan	Paw Paw
Drove alone	80.0%	78.2%
Carpooled	4.7%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	1.4%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	8.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mattawan	Paw Paw
1-unit, detached	54.3%	53.4%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	23.9%
20 or more units	1.1%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	33.8%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Mattawan	Paw Paw
Poverty rate	7.7%	18.7%
Average household size	2.70	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1992	1966