Gaylord vs Vanderbilt

A side-by-side comparison of Gaylord and Vanderbilt: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gaylord has the higher population (4,307 vs 398 in Vanderbilt). Vanderbilt has the higher median household income ($56,188 vs $44,052 in Gaylord). Gaylord has the higher median home value ($170,300 vs $106,500 in Vanderbilt).

Population, income & housing

	Gaylord	Vanderbilt
Population	4,307	398
Median age	38.0 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,052	$56,188
Median home value	$170,300	$106,500
Median gross rent	$844	$921
Housing units	2,294	211
Homeownership rate	36.0%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	3.1%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gaylord	Vanderbilt
Population	3,663 → 4,307 (+17.6%)	561 → 398 (-29.1%)
Median household income	$32,295 → $44,052 (+36.4%)	$34,833 → $56,188 (+61.3%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $170,300 (+79.3%)	$77,900 → $106,500 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $844 (+22.3%)	$650 → $921 (+41.7%)

Gaylord

Population

3,6634,307

Median household income

$32,295$44,052

Median home value

$95,000$170,300

Median gross rent

$690$844

Vanderbilt

Population

561398

Median household income

$34,833$56,188

Median home value

$77,900$106,500

Median gross rent

$650$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gaylord	Vanderbilt
Under 5	4.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	19.0%	8.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	15.1%
25 to 34	13.0%	18.6%
35 to 44	15.5%	6.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	8.3%
55 to 64	9.3%	24.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.8%
75 and over	7.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gaylord	Vanderbilt
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	94.5%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gaylord	Vanderbilt
No high school diploma	8.6%	20.2%
High school graduate	30.8%	53.1%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gaylord	Vanderbilt
Drove alone	66.4%	70.7%
Carpooled	16.3%	14.7%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	13.8%	12.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gaylord	Vanderbilt
1-unit, detached	42.1%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	20.9%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	18.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.1%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Gaylord	Vanderbilt
Poverty rate	9.8%	10.1%
Average household size	1.88	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1979	1966