Empire vs Maple City

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

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

Empire has the higher population (384 vs 192 in Maple City). Maple City has the higher median household income ($100,694 vs $75,938 in Empire). Empire has the higher median home value ($368,400 vs $282,800 in Maple City).

Population, income & housing

	Empire	Maple City
Population	384	192
Median age	63.7 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,938	$100,694
Median home value	$368,400	$282,800
Median gross rent	$379	$1,375
Housing units	342	93
Homeownership rate	81.9%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Empire	Maple City
Population	263 → 384 (+46.0%)	113 → 192 (+69.9%)
Median household income	$38,977 → $75,938 (+94.8%)	$38,667 → $100,694 (+160.4%)
Median home value	$227,400 → $368,400 (+62.0%)	$126,700 → $282,800 (+123.2%)
Median gross rent	$361 → $379 (+5.0%)	$875 → $1,375 (+57.1%)

Empire

Population

263384

Median household income

$38,977$75,938

Median home value

$227,400$368,400

Median gross rent

$361$379

Maple City

Population

113192

Median household income

$38,667$100,694

Median home value

$126,700$282,800

Median gross rent

$875$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Empire	Maple City
Under 5	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	2.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	16.1%
25 to 34	3.1%	5.7%
35 to 44	8.6%	4.2%
45 to 54	2.1%	28.1%
55 to 64	23.2%	24.5%
65 to 74	27.9%	14.1%
75 and over	17.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Empire	Maple City
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	87.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	11.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Empire	Maple City
No high school diploma	1.9%	10.3%
High school graduate	13.9%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Empire	Maple City
Drove alone	73.7%	90.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Empire	Maple City
1-unit, detached	88.3%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Empire	Maple City
Poverty rate	15.1%	7.3%
Average household size	1.99	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	24	13
Median year structure built	1973	1974