Mecosta is a tiny village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 462 people and three associated neighborhoods, Mecosta is the 595th largest community in Michigan.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Mecosta is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.78% of the Mecosta workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Mecosta is a village of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mecosta who work in sales jobs (19.72%), healthcare suport services (12.39%), and food service (10.09%). Overall, Mecosta’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. The village is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Mecosta has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Mecosta a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Mecosta is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of people in Mecosta with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.95% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Mecosta in 2022 was $24,831, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $99,324 for a family of four. However, Mecosta contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Mecosta home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mecosta residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mecosta include German, English, Irish, Swedish, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Mecosta is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Native American languages.
