Empire vs Greilickville

A side-by-side comparison of Empire and Greilickville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greilickville has the higher population (1,296 vs 384 in Empire). Greilickville has the higher median household income ($84,327 vs $75,938 in Empire). Greilickville has the higher median home value ($407,200 vs $368,400 in Empire).

Population, income & housing

	Empire	Greilickville
Population	384	1,296
Median age	63.7 yrs	57.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,938	$84,327
Median home value	$368,400	$407,200
Median gross rent	$379	$1,989
Housing units	342	730
Homeownership rate	81.9%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	52.5%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Empire	Greilickville
Population	263 → 384 (+46.0%)	1,647 → 1,296 (-21.3%)
Median household income	$38,977 → $75,938 (+94.8%)	$46,935 → $84,327 (+79.7%)
Median home value	$227,400 → $368,400 (+62.0%)	$263,800 → $407,200 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$361 → $379 (+5.0%)	$1,419 → $1,989 (+40.2%)

Empire

Population

263384

Median household income

$38,977$75,938

Median home value

$227,400$368,400

Median gross rent

$361$379

Greilickville

Population

1,6471,296

Median household income

$46,935$84,327

Median home value

$263,800$407,200

Median gross rent

$1,419$1,989

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Empire	Greilickville
Under 5	1.3%	1.2%
5 to 17	16.4%	12.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.8%
25 to 34	3.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.6%	8.6%
45 to 54	2.1%	21.4%
55 to 64	23.2%	17.4%
65 to 74	27.9%	15.2%
75 and over	17.4%	23.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Empire	Greilickville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	86.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	1.9%
Asian	0.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Empire	Greilickville
No high school diploma	1.9%	3.5%
High school graduate	13.9%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	34.6%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Empire	Greilickville
Drove alone	73.7%	75.4%
Carpooled	6.8%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	14.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Empire	Greilickville
1-unit, detached	88.3%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	20.5%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Empire	Greilickville
Poverty rate	15.1%	4.2%
Average household size	1.99	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1973	1993