Custer vs Ludington

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

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

Ludington has the higher population (7,664 vs 289 in Custer). Custer has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $44,471 in Ludington). Ludington has the higher median home value ($192,800 vs $100,000 in Custer).

Population, income & housing

	Custer	Ludington
Population	289	7,664
Median age	35.8 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,875	$44,471
Median home value	$100,000	$192,800
Median gross rent	$738	$824
Housing units	121	4,476
Homeownership rate	88.5%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Custer	Ludington
Population	289 → 289 (+0.0%)	8,069 → 7,664 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$44,000 → $66,875 (+52.0%)	$45,302 → $44,471 (-1.8%)
Median home value	$89,200 → $100,000 (+12.1%)	$124,400 → $192,800 (+55.0%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $738 (-7.8%)	$665 → $824 (+23.9%)

Custer

Population

289289

Median household income

$44,000$66,875

Median home value

$89,200$100,000

Median gross rent

$800$738

Ludington

Population

8,0697,664

Median household income

$45,302$44,471

Median home value

$124,400$192,800

Median gross rent

$665$824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Custer	Ludington
Under 5	2.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	24.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	13.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	9.0%	12.3%
35 to 44	10.4%	10.3%
45 to 54	15.2%	8.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	4.8%	17.0%
75 and over	10.0%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Custer	Ludington
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Custer	Ludington
No high school diploma	9.8%	6.3%
High school graduate	43.4%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Custer	Ludington
Drove alone	82.0%	68.0%
Carpooled	10.1%	17.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	1.4%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	5.0%	9.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Custer	Ludington
1-unit, detached	89.3%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	13.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Custer	Ludington
Poverty rate	11.3%	23.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1955	1959