Fountain vs Free Soil

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

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

Fountain has the higher population (229 vs 139 in Free Soil). Free Soil has the higher median household income ($50,000 vs $47,500 in Fountain). Fountain has the higher median home value ($100,000 vs $91,000 in Free Soil).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain	Free Soil
Population	229	139
Median age	34.6 yrs	54.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$50,000
Median home value	$100,000	$91,000
Median gross rent	$1,094	$867
Housing units	87	70
Homeownership rate	82.9%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain	Free Soil
Population	202 → 229 (+13.4%)	103 → 139 (+35.0%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $47,500 (-11.6%)	$53,125 → $50,000 (-5.9%)
Median home value	$56,800 → $100,000 (+76.1%)	$62,100 → $91,000 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$983 → $1,094 (+11.3%)	$1,031 → $867 (-15.9%)

Fountain

Population

202229

Median household income

$53,750$47,500

Median home value

$56,800$100,000

Median gross rent

$983$1,094

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)

	Fountain	Free Soil
Under 5	7.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	29.7%	9.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.6%
25 to 34	6.6%	8.6%
35 to 44	16.2%	5.0%
45 to 54	8.7%	16.5%
55 to 64	7.0%	20.1%
65 to 74	11.8%	18.0%
75 and over	5.7%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain	Free Soil
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	20.1%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain	Free Soil
No high school diploma	5.5%	20.7%
High school graduate	46.1%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain	Free Soil
Drove alone	77.9%	80.3%
Carpooled	16.9%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	4.9%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.6%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain	Free Soil
1-unit, detached	87.4%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Fountain	Free Soil
Poverty rate	47.8%	7.9%
Average household size	3.27	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1960	1949