Gaines vs Goodrich

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

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

Goodrich has the higher population (2,024 vs 487 in Gaines). Goodrich has the higher median household income ($103,864 vs $57,500 in Gaines). Goodrich has the higher median home value ($238,300 vs $131,900 in Gaines).

Population, income & housing

	Gaines	Goodrich
Population	487	2,024
Median age	46.6 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$103,864
Median home value	$131,900	$238,300
Median gross rent	$734	$1,097
Housing units	187	773
Homeownership rate	90.6%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gaines	Goodrich
Population	346 → 487 (+40.8%)	1,847 → 2,024 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$54,167 → $57,500 (+6.2%)	$87,115 → $103,864 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$85,700 → $131,900 (+53.9%)	$191,800 → $238,300 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $734 (+14.7%)	$983 → $1,097 (+11.6%)

Gaines

Population

346487

Median household income

$54,167$57,500

Median home value

$85,700$131,900

Median gross rent

$640$734

Goodrich

Population

1,8472,024

Median household income

$87,115$103,864

Median home value

$191,800$238,300

Median gross rent

$983$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gaines	Goodrich
Under 5	2.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	22.4%	19.4%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.8%
25 to 34	10.5%	6.4%
35 to 44	6.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	19.5%	13.9%
55 to 64	9.2%	18.0%
65 to 74	17.7%	7.2%
75 and over	6.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gaines	Goodrich
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	95.1%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gaines	Goodrich
No high school diploma	22.8%	2.3%
High school graduate	34.0%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gaines	Goodrich
Drove alone	79.6%	76.5%
Carpooled	14.1%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	18.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gaines	Goodrich
1-unit, detached	87.2%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gaines	Goodrich
Poverty rate	7.6%	6.2%
Average household size	2.71	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1944	1993