Gaines vs Otisville

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

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

Otisville has the higher population (955 vs 487 in Gaines). Otisville has the higher median household income ($60,500 vs $57,500 in Gaines). Gaines has the higher median home value ($131,900 vs $102,300 in Otisville).

Population, income & housing

	Gaines	Otisville
Population	487	955
Median age	46.6 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$60,500
Median home value	$131,900	$102,300
Median gross rent	$734	$766
Housing units	187	451
Homeownership rate	90.6%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gaines	Otisville
Population	346 → 487 (+40.8%)	968 → 955 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$54,167 → $57,500 (+6.2%)	$47,250 → $60,500 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$85,700 → $131,900 (+53.9%)	$64,100 → $102,300 (+59.6%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $734 (+14.7%)	$683 → $766 (+12.2%)

Gaines

Population

346487

Median household income

$54,167$57,500

Median home value

$85,700$131,900

Median gross rent

$640$734

Otisville

Population

968955

Median household income

$47,250$60,500

Median home value

$64,100$102,300

Median gross rent

$683$766

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gaines	Otisville
Under 5	2.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	22.4%	16.1%
18 to 24	5.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.3%
35 to 44	6.4%	9.6%
45 to 54	19.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	9.2%	17.8%
65 to 74	17.7%	8.7%
75 and over	6.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gaines	Otisville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	94.5%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gaines	Otisville
No high school diploma	22.8%	14.1%
High school graduate	34.0%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gaines	Otisville
Drove alone	79.6%	79.8%
Carpooled	14.1%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	9.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	3.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gaines	Otisville
1-unit, detached	87.2%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Gaines	Otisville
Poverty rate	7.6%	13.7%
Average household size	2.71	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1944	1957