Garden vs Gladstone

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

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

Gladstone has the higher population (5,240 vs 163 in Garden). Gladstone has the higher median household income ($57,534 vs $35,250 in Garden). Gladstone has the higher median home value ($111,700 vs $80,000 in Garden).

Population, income & housing

	Garden	Gladstone
Population	163	5,240
Median age	45.3 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,250	$57,534
Median home value	$80,000	$111,700
Median gross rent	$775	$793
Housing units	118	2,310
Homeownership rate	71.6%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden	Gladstone
Population	171 → 163 (-4.7%)	4,753 → 5,240 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $35,250 (+4.4%)	$51,425 → $57,534 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$49,000 → $80,000 (+63.3%)	$91,900 → $111,700 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $775 (-11.4%)	$488 → $793 (+62.5%)

Garden

Population

171163

Median household income

$33,750$35,250

Median home value

$49,000$80,000

Median gross rent

$875$775

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)

	Garden	Gladstone
Under 5	5.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	12.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	11.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	4.3%	10.2%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	8.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	13.1%
75 and over	16.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden	Gladstone
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	94.8%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	11.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden	Gladstone
No high school diploma	7.0%	5.7%
High school graduate	40.0%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden	Gladstone
Drove alone	90.5%	78.9%
Carpooled	1.6%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	4.8%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	3.2%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden	Gladstone
1-unit, detached	94.9%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Garden	Gladstone
Poverty rate	21.5%	14.2%
Average household size	1.95	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	66	18
Median year structure built	1952	1959