Cadillac vs Mesick

A side-by-side comparison of Cadillac and Mesick: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cadillac has the higher population (10,404 vs 416 in Mesick). Cadillac has the higher median household income ($50,512 vs $31,250 in Mesick). Cadillac has the higher median home value ($117,500 vs $77,900 in Mesick).

Population, income & housing

	Cadillac	Mesick
Population	10,404	416
Median age	40.4 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,512	$31,250
Median home value	$117,500	$77,900
Median gross rent	$806	$1,214
Housing units	5,102	173
Homeownership rate	68.3%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cadillac	Mesick
Population	10,419 → 10,404 (-0.1%)	366 → 416 (+13.7%)
Median household income	$36,734 → $50,512 (+37.5%)	$40,500 → $31,250 (-22.8%)
Median home value	$77,300 → $117,500 (+52.0%)	$63,200 → $77,900 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $806 (+27.7%)	$833 → $1,214 (+45.7%)

Cadillac

Population

10,41910,404

Median household income

$36,734$50,512

Median home value

$77,300$117,500

Median gross rent

$631$806

Mesick

Population

366416

Median household income

$40,500$31,250

Median home value

$63,200$77,900

Median gross rent

$833$1,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cadillac	Mesick
Under 5	5.7%	9.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	28.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	5.0%
25 to 34	15.9%	7.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	8.2%
75 and over	9.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cadillac	Mesick
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	88.7%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cadillac	Mesick
No high school diploma	11.5%	12.1%
High school graduate	36.8%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cadillac	Mesick
Drove alone	71.7%	61.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	14.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.9%	14.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	9.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cadillac	Mesick
1-unit, detached	64.4%	46.2%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	6.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	49.7%

Poverty & households

	Cadillac	Mesick
Poverty rate	17.4%	29.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	12	25
Median year structure built	1966	1971