Cass County, Michigan

Cass County has a population of 51,520 and has grown 0.2% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $218,000, about 3.1 times the county's median household income of $70,443.

Home price
$218,000
Income
$70,443
Population
51,520
Unemployment
5.0%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$218,000county
Median gross rent$916county
Median year homes here were built1973county
Share of homes built before 198061.1%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile7.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant17.4%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented18.4%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use11.9%county
Typical monthly rent$1,480(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$993county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$906county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,272county
Home insurance / yr$2,924(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living90.1(statewide)
Median household income$70,443county
Family health premium / yr$24,252(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$10,023(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.148(statewide)
Poverty rate11.9%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home7.8%county
Unemployment rate5.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force58.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.6%county
Share of workers employed by government10.8%county
Share of workers in the largest industry23.5%county
Economic output per resident$36,825county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.97%county
Top state income tax4.25%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.25%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.00%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time24.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service19 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport454920county
Miles to nearest general aviation field8.3 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station7.1 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.1%county
Traffic deaths31.1county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0000.9(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher21.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.0%county
Public schools in the county23county
Public school enrollment6258county
Students per full-time teacher18.3county
Free lunch eligible53.9%county
Elementary schools8county
Middle schools5county
High schools7county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution17 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians21county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter8.7 µgcounty
Without health insurance6.9%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year14.4%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year13.7%county
Frequent mental distress17.1%county
No leisure-time physical activity25.7%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.5%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population51,520county
Land area in square miles490county
People per square mile of land105.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores6county
Convenience stores5county
Share living far from a food store13.1%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+0.2%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age45.5 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1820.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over22.6%county
Share of households that are one person26.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.7%county
Second languages4.3%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls23.7%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents122county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents4county
Households that moved in1,463county
Households that moved away1,417county
Average income of arriving households$83,239county
Average income of departing households$67,035county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes6county
Housing units authorised in the latest year140county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate434(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature50°Fcounty
Annual precipitation35.2 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.83 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F12 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing135 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days161 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 5county
Average first fall frostOct 13county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$162county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh18.5¢county
Household electricity use876 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$13.21(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity13.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas50.5%county
Homes heated by propane26.7%county
Homes heated by fuel oil2.6%county
Homes heated by wood5.1%county
Households with broadband88.6%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk55.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk23.1county
Landslide risk65.8county
Hail risk79.3county
Earthquake risk51.3county
Tornado risk64.5county
Tropical cyclone risk31.8county
Extreme heat risk42.2county
Winter weather risk51.3county
Strong wind risk85.1county
Wildfire risk19.0county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Cass County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Michigan figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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