Alpha vs Gaastra

A side-by-side comparison of Alpha and Gaastra: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gaastra has the higher population (324 vs 222 in Alpha). Gaastra has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $38,879 in Alpha). Gaastra has the higher median home value ($61,000 vs $33,300 in Alpha).

Population, income & housing

	Alpha	Gaastra
Population	222	324
Median age	58.4 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$38,879	$57,500
Median home value	$33,300	$61,000
Median gross rent	$633	—
Housing units	153	160
Homeownership rate	86.9%	96.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpha	Gaastra
Population	175 → 222 (+26.9%)	323 → 324 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$30,521 → $38,879 (+27.4%)	$39,583 → $57,500 (+45.3%)
Median home value	$40,500 → $33,300 (-17.8%)	$49,000 → $61,000 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $633 (+22.4%)	$950 → $1,125 (+18.4%)

Alpha

Population

175222

Median household income

$30,521$38,879

Median home value

$40,500$33,300

Median gross rent

$517$633

Gaastra

Population

323324

Median household income

$39,583$57,500

Median home value

$49,000$61,000

Median gross rent

$950$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpha	Gaastra
Under 5	1.4%	12.7%
5 to 17	4.1%	20.1%
18 to 24	14.9%	1.9%
25 to 34	6.3%	9.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.6%
45 to 54	7.7%	14.5%
55 to 64	19.4%	17.0%
65 to 74	24.3%	9.6%
75 and over	8.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpha	Gaastra
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.2%	9.9%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpha	Gaastra
No high school diploma	10.7%	2.8%
High school graduate	59.9%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpha	Gaastra
Drove alone	79.6%	91.3%
Carpooled	12.0%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpha	Gaastra
1-unit, detached	85.0%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Alpha	Gaastra
Poverty rate	20.3%	8.2%
Average household size	1.82	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	18	32
Median year structure built	1944	1944