The overall crime rate in Mecosta is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Mecosta has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Mecosta has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mecosta than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mecosta may be for you.
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.
