Harrietta vs Mesick

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

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

Mesick has the higher population (416 vs 190 in Harrietta). Harrietta has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $31,250 in Mesick). Since 2019, Harrietta's population has grown faster (+23.4% vs +13.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Harrietta	Mesick
Population	190	416
Median age	45.9 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$31,250
Median home value	—	$77,900
Median gross rent	$683	$1,214
Housing units	95	173
Homeownership rate	83.3%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrietta	Mesick
Population	154 → 190 (+23.4%)	366 → 416 (+13.7%)
Median household income	$30,313 → $47,500 (+56.7%)	$40,500 → $31,250 (-22.8%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $90,700 (+39.5%)	$63,200 → $77,900 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $683 (+12.7%)	$833 → $1,214 (+45.7%)

Harrietta

Population

154190

Median household income

$30,313$47,500

Median home value

$65,000$90,700

Median gross rent

$606$683

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)

	Harrietta	Mesick
Under 5	3.2%	9.4%
5 to 17	25.8%	28.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.0%
25 to 34	0.5%	7.2%
35 to 44	5.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	20.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	20.0%	8.2%
75 and over	6.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrietta	Mesick
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrietta	Mesick
No high school diploma	24.6%	12.1%
High school graduate	32.8%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrietta	Mesick
Drove alone	98.6%	61.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.8%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	14.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrietta	Mesick
1-unit, detached	73.7%	46.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.8%	49.7%

Poverty & households

	Harrietta	Mesick
Poverty rate	17.4%	29.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	49	25
Median year structure built	1971	1971