Custer vs Fountain

A side-by-side comparison of Custer and Fountain: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Custer has the higher population (289 vs 229 in Fountain). Custer has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $47,500 in Fountain). Both have a median home value of $100,000.

Population, income & housing

	Custer	Fountain
Population	289	229
Median age	35.8 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,875	$47,500
Median home value	$100,000	$100,000
Median gross rent	$738	$1,094
Housing units	121	87
Homeownership rate	88.5%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Custer	Fountain
Population	289 → 289 (+0.0%)	202 → 229 (+13.4%)
Median household income	$44,000 → $66,875 (+52.0%)	$53,750 → $47,500 (-11.6%)
Median home value	$89,200 → $100,000 (+12.1%)	$56,800 → $100,000 (+76.1%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $738 (-7.8%)	$983 → $1,094 (+11.3%)

Custer

Population

289289

Median household income

$44,000$66,875

Median home value

$89,200$100,000

Median gross rent

$800$738

Fountain

Population

202229

Median household income

$53,750$47,500

Median home value

$56,800$100,000

Median gross rent

$983$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Custer	Fountain
Under 5	2.4%	7.9%
5 to 17	24.2%	29.7%
18 to 24	13.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.0%	6.6%
35 to 44	10.4%	16.2%
45 to 54	15.2%	8.7%
55 to 64	10.4%	7.0%
65 to 74	4.8%	11.8%
75 and over	10.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Custer	Fountain
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	78.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	20.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Custer	Fountain
No high school diploma	9.8%	5.5%
High school graduate	43.4%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Custer	Fountain
Drove alone	82.0%	77.9%
Carpooled	10.1%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.4%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Custer	Fountain
1-unit, detached	89.3%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Custer	Fountain
Poverty rate	11.3%	47.8%
Average household size	2.51	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1955	1960