Gladstone vs Rapid River

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

Gladstone and Rapid River 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 230 in Rapid River). Gladstone has the higher median household income ($57,534 vs $39,375 in Rapid River). Gladstone has the higher median home value ($111,700 vs $105,600 in Rapid River).

Population, income & housing

	Gladstone	Rapid River
Population	5,240	230
Median age	41.5 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,534	$39,375
Median home value	$111,700	$105,600
Median gross rent	$793	—
Housing units	2,310	109
Homeownership rate	74.0%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gladstone	Rapid River
Population	4,753 → 5,240 (+10.2%)	279 → 230 (-17.6%)
Median household income	$51,425 → $57,534 (+11.9%)	$30,000 → $39,375 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$91,900 → $111,700 (+21.5%)	$104,200 → $105,600 (+1.3%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $793 (+62.5%)	$401 → $323 (-19.5%)

Gladstone

Population

4,7535,240

Median household income

$51,425$57,534

Median home value

$91,900$111,700

Median gross rent

$488$793

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)

	Gladstone	Rapid River
Under 5	4.8%	0.9%
5 to 17	17.7%	21.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	3.5%
25 to 34	10.2%	15.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	8.5%	5.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.9%
65 to 74	13.1%	16.1%
75 and over	9.5%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gladstone	Rapid River
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	17.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gladstone	Rapid River
No high school diploma	5.7%	3.5%
High school graduate	39.9%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gladstone	Rapid River
Drove alone	78.9%	57.1%
Carpooled	8.9%	42.9%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gladstone	Rapid River
1-unit, detached	71.3%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.9%
20 or more units	6.8%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gladstone	Rapid River
Poverty rate	14.2%	9.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1959	1957