Ecorse vs Plymouth

A side-by-side comparison of Ecorse and Plymouth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Plymouth has the higher population (9,234 vs 9,170 in Ecorse). Plymouth has the higher median household income ($111,742 vs $45,082 in Ecorse). Plymouth has the higher median home value ($418,200 vs $59,400 in Ecorse).

Population, income & housing

	Ecorse	Plymouth
Population	9,170	9,234
Median age	36.3 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$45,082	$111,742
Median home value	$59,400	$418,200
Median gross rent	$879	$1,118
Housing units	4,160	4,333
Homeownership rate	64.8%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	63.2%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ecorse	Plymouth
Population	9,432 → 9,170 (-2.8%)	9,124 → 9,234 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$28,991 → $45,082 (+55.5%)	$83,073 → $111,742 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$42,100 → $59,400 (+41.1%)	$309,300 → $418,200 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $879 (+7.1%)	$871 → $1,118 (+28.4%)

Ecorse

Population

9,4329,170

Median household income

$28,991$45,082

Median home value

$42,100$59,400

Median gross rent

$821$879

Plymouth

Population

9,1249,234

Median household income

$83,073$111,742

Median home value

$309,300$418,200

Median gross rent

$871$1,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ecorse	Plymouth
Under 5	8.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	9.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	9.2%	15.9%
55 to 64	15.8%	16.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.3%
75 and over	8.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ecorse	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	25.6%	89.5%
Black or African American	44.8%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.5%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ecorse	Plymouth
No high school diploma	28.5%	2.3%
High school graduate	34.9%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	36.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	26.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ecorse	Plymouth
Drove alone	76.1%	67.4%
Carpooled	8.4%	2.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.0%	23.4%
Other means	0.2%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ecorse	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	73.9%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	13.5%
20 or more units	3.3%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ecorse	Plymouth
Poverty rate	24.0%	3.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1954	1960