Applegate vs Minden City

A side-by-side comparison of Applegate and Minden City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Applegate has the higher population (251 vs 182 in Minden City). Applegate has the higher median household income ($62,667 vs $52,500 in Minden City). Applegate has the higher median home value ($93,800 vs $88,600 in Minden City).

Population, income & housing

	Applegate	Minden City
Population	251	182
Median age	41.8 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,667	$52,500
Median home value	$93,800	$88,600
Median gross rent	$1,063	$840
Housing units	115	103
Homeownership rate	85.5%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Applegate	Minden City
Population	265 → 251 (-5.3%)	150 → 182 (+21.3%)
Median household income	$45,750 → $62,667 (+37.0%)	$39,219 → $52,500 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $93,800 (+35.9%)	$67,300 → $88,600 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,063 (+9.0%)	$600 → $840 (+40.0%)

Applegate

Population

265251

Median household income

$45,750$62,667

Median home value

$69,000$93,800

Median gross rent

$975$1,063

Minden City

Population

150182

Median household income

$39,219$52,500

Median home value

$67,300$88,600

Median gross rent

$600$840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Applegate	Minden City
Under 5	9.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.9%	18.7%
18 to 24	3.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	18.3%	15.9%
35 to 44	6.4%	7.7%
45 to 54	15.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	22.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	12.1%
75 and over	5.6%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Applegate	Minden City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Applegate	Minden City
No high school diploma	9.7%	5.2%
High school graduate	38.9%	60.7%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Applegate	Minden City
Drove alone	75.7%	87.0%
Carpooled	13.0%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Applegate	Minden City
1-unit, detached	96.5%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Applegate	Minden City
Poverty rate	14.7%	21.4%
Average household size	2.28	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	37	38
Median year structure built	1957	1944