Gladstone vs Rock

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

Gladstone and Rock 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 178 in Rock). Rock has the higher median household income ($70,833 vs $57,534 in Gladstone). Rock has the higher median home value ($128,100 vs $111,700 in Gladstone).

Population, income & housing

	Gladstone	Rock
Population	5,240	178
Median age	41.5 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,534	$70,833
Median home value	$111,700	$128,100
Median gross rent	$793	—
Housing units	2,310	98
Homeownership rate	74.0%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gladstone	Rock
Population	4,753 → 5,240 (+10.2%)	158 → 178 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$51,425 → $57,534 (+11.9%)	$53,750 → $70,833 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$91,900 → $111,700 (+21.5%)	$89,500 → $128,100 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $793 (+62.5%)	—

Gladstone

Population

4,7535,240

Median household income

$51,425$57,534

Median home value

$91,900$111,700

Median gross rent

$488$793

Rock

Population

158178

Median household income

$53,750$70,833

Median home value

$89,500$128,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gladstone	Rock
Under 5	4.8%	1.1%
5 to 17	17.7%	4.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	21.9%
25 to 34	10.2%	15.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	8.5%	9.0%
55 to 64	14.7%	4.5%
65 to 74	13.1%	21.9%
75 and over	9.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gladstone	Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
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%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gladstone	Rock
No high school diploma	5.7%	7.0%
High school graduate	39.9%	53.5%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gladstone	Rock
Drove alone	78.9%	90.6%
Carpooled	8.9%	7.1%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	2.4%
Worked from home	4.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gladstone	Rock
1-unit, detached	71.3%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Gladstone	Rock
Poverty rate	14.2%	15.7%
Average household size	2.47	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1959	1958