Argentine vs Gaines

A side-by-side comparison of Argentine and Gaines: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Argentine has the higher population (2,357 vs 487 in Gaines). Argentine has the higher median household income ($100,733 vs $57,500 in Gaines). Argentine has the higher median home value ($309,600 vs $131,900 in Gaines).

Population, income & housing

	Argentine	Gaines
Population	2,357	487
Median age	46.6 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$100,733	$57,500
Median home value	$309,600	$131,900
Median gross rent	$897	$734
Housing units	1,036	187
Homeownership rate	89.2%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Argentine	Gaines
Population	2,558 → 2,357 (-7.9%)	346 → 487 (+40.8%)
Median household income	$72,313 → $100,733 (+39.3%)	$54,167 → $57,500 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$249,100 → $309,600 (+24.3%)	$85,700 → $131,900 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $897 (+18.2%)	$640 → $734 (+14.7%)

Argentine

Population

2,5582,357

Median household income

$72,313$100,733

Median home value

$249,100$309,600

Median gross rent

$759$897

Gaines

Population

346487

Median household income

$54,167$57,500

Median home value

$85,700$131,900

Median gross rent

$640$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Argentine	Gaines
Under 5	6.5%	2.9%
5 to 17	12.9%	22.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.3%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	6.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	19.5%
55 to 64	16.9%	9.2%
65 to 74	16.0%	17.7%
75 and over	7.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Argentine	Gaines
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	90.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Argentine	Gaines
No high school diploma	6.6%	22.8%
High school graduate	24.4%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Argentine	Gaines
Drove alone	82.1%	79.6%
Carpooled	6.3%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Argentine	Gaines
1-unit, detached	86.7%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.5%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Argentine	Gaines
Poverty rate	8.1%	7.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1977	1944