Gwinn vs Palmer

A side-by-side comparison of Gwinn and Palmer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gwinn has the higher population (1,268 vs 342 in Palmer). Palmer has the higher median household income ($64,000 vs $52,609 in Gwinn). Gwinn has the higher median home value ($94,000 vs $74,700 in Palmer).

Population, income & housing

	Gwinn	Palmer
Population	1,268	342
Median age	32.3 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,609	$64,000
Median home value	$94,000	$74,700
Median gross rent	$684	—
Housing units	662	169
Homeownership rate	67.0%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gwinn	Palmer
Population	2,033 → 1,268 (-37.6%)	423 → 342 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$60,133 → $52,609 (-12.5%)	$51,307 → $64,000 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$83,700 → $94,000 (+12.3%)	$62,900 → $74,700 (+18.8%)
Median gross rent	$469 → $684 (+45.8%)	$625 → $693 (+10.9%)

Gwinn

Population

2,0331,268

Median household income

$60,133$52,609

Median home value

$83,700$94,000

Median gross rent

$469$684

Palmer

Population

423342

Median household income

$51,307$64,000

Median home value

$62,900$74,700

Median gross rent

$625$693

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gwinn	Palmer
Under 5	7.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.3%	16.7%
18 to 24	16.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	7.9%	14.6%
35 to 44	6.1%	9.6%
45 to 54	3.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	19.9%
65 to 74	17.3%	13.2%
75 and over	9.1%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gwinn	Palmer
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gwinn	Palmer
No high school diploma	10.2%	7.0%
High school graduate	29.4%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gwinn	Palmer
Drove alone	72.2%	70.6%
Carpooled	20.6%	23.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gwinn	Palmer
1-unit, detached	42.7%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	27.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.1%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Gwinn	Palmer
Poverty rate	12.9%	3.5%
Average household size	2.08	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1971	1946