Gaines vs Montrose

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

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

Montrose has the higher population (2,057 vs 487 in Gaines). Gaines has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $44,625 in Montrose). Gaines has the higher median home value ($131,900 vs $109,700 in Montrose).

Population, income & housing

	Gaines	Montrose
Population	487	2,057
Median age	46.6 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$44,625
Median home value	$131,900	$109,700
Median gross rent	$734	$801
Housing units	187	886
Homeownership rate	90.6%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gaines	Montrose
Population	346 → 487 (+40.8%)	1,660 → 2,057 (+23.9%)
Median household income	$54,167 → $57,500 (+6.2%)	$41,354 → $44,625 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$85,700 → $131,900 (+53.9%)	$81,800 → $109,700 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $734 (+14.7%)	$630 → $801 (+27.1%)

Gaines

Population

346487

Median household income

$54,167$57,500

Median home value

$85,700$131,900

Median gross rent

$640$734

Montrose

Population

1,6602,057

Median household income

$41,354$44,625

Median home value

$81,800$109,700

Median gross rent

$630$801

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gaines	Montrose
Under 5	2.9%	7.6%
5 to 17	22.4%	21.4%
18 to 24	5.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	14.3%
35 to 44	6.4%	9.4%
45 to 54	19.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	9.2%	12.1%
65 to 74	17.7%	10.2%
75 and over	6.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gaines	Montrose
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	82.8%
Black or African American	4.9%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gaines	Montrose
No high school diploma	22.8%	13.3%
High school graduate	34.0%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gaines	Montrose
Drove alone	79.6%	85.4%
Carpooled	14.1%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	3.2%
Walked	1.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	6.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gaines	Montrose
1-unit, detached	87.2%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	16.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Gaines	Montrose
Poverty rate	7.6%	25.8%
Average household size	2.71	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1944	1963