Delta County vs Mecosta County

A side-by-side comparison of Delta County and Mecosta County: population, income, housing, and more.

Delta County and Mecosta County are counties in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mecosta County has the higher population (40,321 vs 36,829 in Delta County). Mecosta County has the higher median household income ($57,774 vs $54,829 in Delta County). Mecosta County has the higher median home value ($169,900 vs $146,800 in Delta County).

Population, income & housing

	Delta County	Mecosta County
Population	36,829	40,321
Median age	47.8 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,829	$57,774
Median home value	$146,800	$169,900
Median gross rent	$698	$867
Housing units	19,841	21,045
Homeownership rate	78.6%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delta County	Mecosta County
Population	36,026 → 36,829 (+2.2%)	43,251 → 40,321 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$47,434 → $54,829 (+15.6%)	$45,018 → $57,774 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$114,300 → $146,800 (+28.4%)	$121,400 → $169,900 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $698 (+19.5%)	$712 → $867 (+21.8%)

Delta County

Population

36,02636,829

Median household income

$47,434$54,829

Median home value

$114,300$146,800

Median gross rent

$584$698

Mecosta County

Population

43,25140,321

Median household income

$45,018$57,774

Median home value

$121,400$169,900

Median gross rent

$712$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delta County	Mecosta County
Under 5	4.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.7%	14.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	14.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	15.5%	12.4%
75 and over	10.1%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delta County	Mecosta County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.7%
Asian	0.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delta County	Mecosta County
No high school diploma	7.6%	8.3%
High school graduate	35.1%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delta County	Mecosta County
Drove alone	80.8%	78.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.5%
Walked	2.3%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.5%	6.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delta County	Mecosta County
1-unit, detached	78.5%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	4.7%
20 or more units	3.9%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Delta County	Mecosta County
Poverty rate	14.0%	19.2%
Average household size	2.28	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1968	1980