Custer vs Free Soil

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

Custer and Free Soil 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 139 in Free Soil). Custer has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $50,000 in Free Soil). Custer has the higher median home value ($100,000 vs $91,000 in Free Soil).

Population, income & housing

	Custer	Free Soil
Population	289	139
Median age	35.8 yrs	54.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,875	$50,000
Median home value	$100,000	$91,000
Median gross rent	$738	$867
Housing units	121	70
Homeownership rate	88.5%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Custer	Free Soil
Population	289 → 289 (+0.0%)	103 → 139 (+35.0%)
Median household income	$44,000 → $66,875 (+52.0%)	$53,125 → $50,000 (-5.9%)
Median home value	$89,200 → $100,000 (+12.1%)	$62,100 → $91,000 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $738 (-7.8%)	$1,031 → $867 (-15.9%)

Custer

Population

289289

Median household income

$44,000$66,875

Median home value

$89,200$100,000

Median gross rent

$800$738

Free Soil

Population

103139

Median household income

$53,125$50,000

Median home value

$62,100$91,000

Median gross rent

$1,031$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Custer	Free Soil
Under 5	2.4%	2.2%
5 to 17	24.2%	9.4%
18 to 24	13.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	9.0%	8.6%
35 to 44	10.4%	5.0%
45 to 54	15.2%	16.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	20.1%
65 to 74	4.8%	18.0%
75 and over	10.0%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Custer	Free Soil
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	5.0%
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%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Custer	Free Soil
No high school diploma	9.8%	20.7%
High school graduate	43.4%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Custer	Free Soil
Drove alone	82.0%	80.3%
Carpooled	10.1%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	4.9%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	1.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Custer	Free Soil
1-unit, detached	89.3%	91.4%
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%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Custer	Free Soil
Poverty rate	11.3%	7.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1955	1949