Gibraltar vs Village of Grosse Pointe Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Gibraltar and Village of Grosse Pointe Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gibraltar has the higher population (4,937 vs 2,589 in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores). Village of Grosse Pointe Shores has the higher median household income ($182,000 vs $88,682 in Gibraltar). Village of Grosse Pointe Shores has the higher median home value ($671,600 vs $212,300 in Gibraltar).

Population, income & housing

	Gibraltar	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Population	4,937	2,589
Median age	48.4 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,682	$182,000
Median home value	$212,300	$671,600
Median gross rent	$1,346	—
Housing units	2,268	1,040
Homeownership rate	79.7%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	75.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gibraltar	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Population	4,535 → 4,937 (+8.9%)	2,767 → 2,589 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$70,078 → $88,682 (+26.5%)	$161,944 → $182,000 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$158,100 → $212,300 (+34.3%)	$523,100 → $671,600 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$942 → $1,346 (+42.9%)	—

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

Village of Grosse Pointe Shores

Population

2,7672,589

Median household income

$161,944$182,000

Median home value

$523,100$671,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gibraltar	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Under 5	4.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	14.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	4.6%
35 to 44	4.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	17.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	16.9%	15.0%
65 to 74	15.4%	14.8%
75 and over	6.7%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gibraltar	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	92.7%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gibraltar	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
No high school diploma	6.9%	2.4%
High school graduate	29.9%	6.8%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	15.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	35.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	39.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gibraltar	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Drove alone	84.9%	82.7%
Carpooled	4.5%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.9%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gibraltar	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
1-unit, detached	69.3%	99.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gibraltar	Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Poverty rate	2.5%	2.8%
Average household size	2.35	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1975	1962