Garden vs Rapid River

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

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

Rapid River has the higher population (230 vs 163 in Garden). Rapid River has the higher median household income ($39,375 vs $35,250 in Garden). Rapid River has the higher median home value ($105,600 vs $80,000 in Garden).

Population, income & housing

	Garden	Rapid River
Population	163	230
Median age	45.3 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,250	$39,375
Median home value	$80,000	$105,600
Median gross rent	$775	—
Housing units	118	109
Homeownership rate	71.6%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden	Rapid River
Population	171 → 163 (-4.7%)	279 → 230 (-17.6%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $35,250 (+4.4%)	$30,000 → $39,375 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$49,000 → $80,000 (+63.3%)	$104,200 → $105,600 (+1.3%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $775 (-11.4%)	$401 → $323 (-19.5%)

Garden

Population

171163

Median household income

$33,750$35,250

Median home value

$49,000$80,000

Median gross rent

$875$775

Rapid River

Population

279230

Median household income

$30,000$39,375

Median home value

$104,200$105,600

Median gross rent

$401$323

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden	Rapid River
Under 5	5.5%	0.9%
5 to 17	12.9%	21.7%
18 to 24	11.0%	3.5%
25 to 34	4.3%	15.2%
35 to 44	14.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	5.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.4%	16.1%
75 and over	16.0%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden	Rapid River
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	82.2%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.7%	17.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden	Rapid River
No high school diploma	7.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	40.0%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden	Rapid River
Drove alone	90.5%	57.1%
Carpooled	1.6%	42.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden	Rapid River
1-unit, detached	94.9%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden	Rapid River
Poverty rate	21.5%	9.6%
Average household size	1.95	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	66	28
Median year structure built	1952	1957