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Mecosta village, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Mecosta village is a Census village of 464 people across 1.11 square miles of land, in Mecosta County. Median household income is $73,516, 80.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $697,300.
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Mecosta
What Mecosta is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area1.11 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land417 plus or minus 174
- County holding the largest share of its areaMecosta County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mecosta
How many people live in Mecosta
- Population464 plus or minus 193
- Median age45.2
- Population under 1872 plus or minus 35
- Share under 1815.5 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Population 65 and over69 plus or minus 31
- Share 65 and over14.9 percent
- Households179 plus or minus 58
- Family households128 plus or minus 51
- Share of households that are families71.5 percent plus or minus 16.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mecosta
Income and work in Mecosta
- Median household income$73,516
- Per capita income$24,353 plus or minus $5,174
- Civilian labor force218 plus or minus 82
- Employed196 plus or minus 74
- Unemployed22 plus or minus 20
- Unemployment rate10.1 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Adults 25 and over376 plus or minus 164
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.9 percent plus or minus 51.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher10.6 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.4 percent plus or minus 8.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Mecosta
- Housing units193 plus or minus 60
- Occupied units179 plus or minus 58
- Vacant units14 plus or minus 13
- Vacancy rate7.3 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Owner occupied144 plus or minus 54
- Renter occupied35 plus or minus 21
- Ownership rate80.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$96,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$784
- Annual rent as a share of median income12.8 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Single family units160 plus or minus 59
- Share single family82.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2 plus or minus 11
- Share in buildings of two or more1.0 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Mobile homes31 plus or minus 16
- Median year structure built1969
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Mecosta gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute194 plus or minus 74
- Commuting under 15 minutes69 plus or minus 50
- Share commuting under 15 minutes35.6 percent plus or minus 21.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more66 plus or minus 33
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more34.0 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Drove alone90.3 percent
- Carpooled7.7 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Worked from home1.0 percent plus or minus 1.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mecosta
SBA loans in Mecosta (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$697,300
- Average approval$697,300
- Median approval$697,300
- Ninetieth percentile approval$697,300
- Largest approval$697,300
- Jobs supported7
- Jobs per approval7.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Mecosta
SBA loans in Mecosta (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,166,000
- Average approval$583,000
- Median approval$1,025,000
- Largest approval$1,025,000
- Jobs supported8
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Mecosta
Flood risk in Mecosta
- Listed NFIP communities2
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number260698
- Currently effective map date02/04/15(M)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Mecosta County, not Mecosta
Mecosta County context, not Mecosta figures
These are Mecosta County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Mecosta measurements.
- Establishments in Mecosta County727
- Employment at those establishments, Mecosta County9,425
- Covered employment, Mecosta County12,746
- Average annual pay, Mecosta County$45,193
- Average weekly wage, Mecosta County$869
- Housing units permitted, Mecosta County116
- Of those, single family, Mecosta County116
- County product, 2024, Mecosta County$1,626,071,000
- County product change over the prior year, Mecosta County-1.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Mecosta County$52,638
Every figure in this section is published for Mecosta County as a whole and is not a measurement of Mecosta. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Mecosta questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Mecosta, Michigan?
464, in 179 households. Mecosta village covers 1.11 square miles of land, which is 417 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Mecosta in?
Mecosta County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Mecosta?
$73,516. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $96,200. Median gross rent is $784 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Mecosta businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $697,300, across 1 lenders, median approval $697,300, plus 2 504 approvals worth $1.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Mecosta, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Mecosta borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Mecosta. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Mecosta in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Mecosta appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 260698, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Mecosta figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Mecosta County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Mecosta.
Is zoning published for Mecosta?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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