Gibraltar vs River Rouge

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

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

River Rouge has the higher population (7,092 vs 4,937 in Gibraltar). Gibraltar has the higher median household income ($88,682 vs $32,568 in River Rouge). Gibraltar has the higher median home value ($212,300 vs $55,900 in River Rouge).

Population, income & housing

	Gibraltar	River Rouge
Population	4,937	7,092
Median age	48.4 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$88,682	$32,568
Median home value	$212,300	$55,900
Median gross rent	$1,346	$759
Housing units	2,268	3,462
Homeownership rate	79.7%	52.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gibraltar	River Rouge
Population	4,535 → 4,937 (+8.9%)	7,502 → 7,092 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$70,078 → $88,682 (+26.5%)	$25,517 → $32,568 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$158,100 → $212,300 (+34.3%)	$36,300 → $55,900 (+54.0%)
Median gross rent	$942 → $1,346 (+42.9%)	$585 → $759 (+29.7%)

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

River Rouge

Population

7,5027,092

Median household income

$25,517$32,568

Median home value

$36,300$55,900

Median gross rent

$585$759

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gibraltar	River Rouge
Under 5	4.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.4%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	18.3%
35 to 44	4.6%	10.1%
45 to 54	17.5%	13.7%
55 to 64	16.9%	16.0%
65 to 74	15.4%	8.6%
75 and over	6.7%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gibraltar	River Rouge
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	34.1%
Black or African American	3.9%	44.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gibraltar	River Rouge
No high school diploma	6.9%	22.4%
High school graduate	29.9%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gibraltar	River Rouge
Drove alone	84.9%	78.9%
Carpooled	4.5%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gibraltar	River Rouge
1-unit, detached	69.3%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	19.2%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	10.6%
20 or more units	2.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Gibraltar	River Rouge
Poverty rate	2.5%	40.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1975	1944