Applegate vs Peck

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

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

Peck has the higher population (525 vs 251 in Applegate). Applegate has the higher median household income ($62,667 vs $52,204 in Peck). Peck has the higher median home value ($101,200 vs $93,800 in Applegate).

Population, income & housing

	Applegate	Peck
Population	251	525
Median age	41.8 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,667	$52,204
Median home value	$93,800	$101,200
Median gross rent	$1,063	$833
Housing units	115	250
Homeownership rate	85.5%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Applegate	Peck
Population	265 → 251 (-5.3%)	571 → 525 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$45,750 → $62,667 (+37.0%)	$43,403 → $52,204 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $93,800 (+35.9%)	$82,600 → $101,200 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,063 (+9.0%)	$592 → $833 (+40.7%)

Applegate

Population

265251

Median household income

$45,750$62,667

Median home value

$69,000$93,800

Median gross rent

$975$1,063

Peck

Population

571525

Median household income

$43,403$52,204

Median home value

$82,600$101,200

Median gross rent

$592$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Applegate	Peck
Under 5	9.2%	8.0%
5 to 17	13.9%	11.6%
18 to 24	3.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	18.3%	9.3%
35 to 44	6.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	15.9%	10.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.7%	13.3%
75 and over	5.6%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Applegate	Peck
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	92.6%
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%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Applegate	Peck
No high school diploma	9.7%	16.6%
High school graduate	38.9%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Applegate	Peck
Drove alone	75.7%	91.6%
Carpooled	13.0%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Applegate	Peck
1-unit, detached	96.5%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Applegate	Peck
Poverty rate	14.7%	11.7%
Average household size	2.28	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	37	30
Median year structure built	1957	1969