Escanaba vs Gladstone

A side-by-side comparison of Escanaba and Gladstone: population, income, housing, and more.

Escanaba and Gladstone are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Escanaba has the higher population (12,374 vs 5,240 in Gladstone). Gladstone has the higher median household income ($57,534 vs $40,169 in Escanaba). Escanaba has the higher median home value ($116,600 vs $111,700 in Gladstone).

Population, income & housing

	Escanaba	Gladstone
Population	12,374	5,240
Median age	43.5 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,169	$57,534
Median home value	$116,600	$111,700
Median gross rent	$661	$793
Housing units	6,556	2,310
Homeownership rate	58.6%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Escanaba	Gladstone
Population	12,251 → 12,374 (+1.0%)	4,753 → 5,240 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$35,813 → $40,169 (+12.2%)	$51,425 → $57,534 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $116,600 (+35.4%)	$91,900 → $111,700 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $661 (+17.4%)	$488 → $793 (+62.5%)

Escanaba

Population

12,25112,374

Median household income

$35,813$40,169

Median home value

$86,100$116,600

Median gross rent

$563$661

Gladstone

Population

4,7535,240

Median household income

$51,425$57,534

Median home value

$91,900$111,700

Median gross rent

$488$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Escanaba	Gladstone
Under 5	5.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.2%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	8.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.9%	13.1%
75 and over	9.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Escanaba	Gladstone
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	8.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Escanaba	Gladstone
No high school diploma	11.9%	5.7%
High school graduate	32.9%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Escanaba	Gladstone
Drove alone	74.7%	78.9%
Carpooled	13.5%	8.9%
Public transit	0.8%	1.4%
Walked	3.2%	5.5%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.7%
Worked from home	4.9%	4.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Escanaba	Gladstone
1-unit, detached	61.6%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	15.1%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	5.4%
20 or more units	9.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Escanaba	Gladstone
Poverty rate	21.1%	14.2%
Average household size	2.07	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	11	18
Median year structure built	1951	1959