Gaastra vs Iron River

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

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

Iron River has the higher population (3,009 vs 324 in Gaastra). Gaastra has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $48,750 in Iron River). Iron River has the higher median home value ($75,000 vs $61,000 in Gaastra).

Population, income & housing

	Gaastra	Iron River
Population	324	3,009
Median age	38.4 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$48,750
Median home value	$61,000	$75,000
Median gross rent	—	$435
Housing units	160	1,858
Homeownership rate	96.4%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gaastra	Iron River
Population	323 → 324 (+0.3%)	2,854 → 3,009 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$39,583 → $57,500 (+45.3%)	$34,940 → $48,750 (+39.5%)
Median home value	$49,000 → $61,000 (+24.5%)	$54,000 → $75,000 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,125 (+18.4%)	$477 → $435 (-8.8%)

Gaastra

Population

323324

Median household income

$39,583$57,500

Median home value

$49,000$61,000

Median gross rent

$950$1,125

Iron River

Population

2,8543,009

Median household income

$34,940$48,750

Median home value

$54,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$477$435

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gaastra	Iron River
Under 5	12.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	20.1%	15.0%
18 to 24	1.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.3%	10.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	17.0%	19.0%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.1%
75 and over	5.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gaastra	Iron River
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	93.2%
Black or African American	5.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.9%	1.8%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gaastra	Iron River
No high school diploma	2.8%	6.0%
High school graduate	42.5%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gaastra	Iron River
Drove alone	91.3%	76.7%
Carpooled	3.5%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	7.2%
Other means	0.9%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gaastra	Iron River
1-unit, detached	91.3%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Gaastra	Iron River
Poverty rate	8.2%	23.2%
Average household size	2.95	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	32	11
Median year structure built	1944	1951