Gibraltar vs Northville

A side-by-side comparison of Gibraltar and Northville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Northville has the higher population (6,080 vs 4,937 in Gibraltar). Northville has the higher median household income ($143,875 vs $88,682 in Gibraltar). Northville has the higher median home value ($455,100 vs $212,300 in Gibraltar).

Population, income & housing

	Gibraltar	Northville
Population	4,937	6,080
Median age	48.4 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$88,682	$143,875
Median home value	$212,300	$455,100
Median gross rent	$1,346	$1,443
Housing units	2,268	2,766
Homeownership rate	79.7%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	67.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gibraltar	Northville
Population	4,535 → 4,937 (+8.9%)	6,007 → 6,080 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$70,078 → $88,682 (+26.5%)	$114,346 → $143,875 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$158,100 → $212,300 (+34.3%)	$331,400 → $455,100 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$942 → $1,346 (+42.9%)	$1,101 → $1,443 (+31.1%)

Gibraltar

Population

4,5354,937

Median household income

$70,078$88,682

Median home value

$158,100$212,300

Median gross rent

$942$1,346

Northville

Population

6,0076,080

Median household income

$114,346$143,875

Median home value

$331,400$455,100

Median gross rent

$1,101$1,443

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gibraltar	Northville
Under 5	4.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.4%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.5%
35 to 44	4.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	17.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	16.9%	19.8%
65 to 74	15.4%	10.0%
75 and over	6.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gibraltar	Northville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	88.1%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gibraltar	Northville
No high school diploma	6.9%	1.7%
High school graduate	29.9%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	30.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gibraltar	Northville
Drove alone	84.9%	58.3%
Carpooled	4.5%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	34.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gibraltar	Northville
1-unit, detached	69.3%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	3.4%
20 or more units	2.0%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gibraltar	Northville
Poverty rate	2.5%	3.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1975	1970