COMPARING TWO PLACES
Gaines vs Flint
PLACE A
Gaines, Michigan
VS
PLACE B
Flint, Michigan
Gaines is 100% smaller than Flint. Gaines earns more, with a median household income $24,437 higher. Gaines has grown faster since 2000 (-1% vs -21%).
GAINESFLINTDIFFERENCE
Total population36979,306−100% vs Flint
Population density9872,372−1,385
Population growth-0.8%-20.7%+19.9 pts
Median age42.936.9+6.0
Male58.7%50.1%+8.6 pts
Female41.3%49.9%−8.6 pts
Foreign-born0.0%3.2%−3.2 pts
White, non-Hispanic88.6%33.4%+55.2 pts
Black4.5%55.3%−50.8 pts
Hispanic / Latino3.1%4.5%−1.4 pts
Asian0.0%0.7%−0.7 pts
Other3.8%6.1%−2.3 pts
Median household income$62,083$37,646+$24,437
Per capita income$27,484$21,720+$5,764
Poverty rate7.1%34.1%−27.0 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.3630.463−0.1
Bachelor's degree or higher11.7%14.2%−2.6 pts
Graduate degree0.5%4.9%−4.3 pts
Unemployment rate4.0%14.8%−10.8 pts
Labor force participation51.4%54.5%−3.1 pts
Median home value$134,800$53,500+$81,300
Median gross rent$850$915−$65
Owner-occupied89.2%53.8%+35.4 pts
Housing vacancy rate4.9%19.7%−14.8 pts
Rent-burdened households57.1%52.0%+5.1 pts
Average commute31.822.7+9.1
Worked from home6.9%8.5%−1.6 pts
Public transit to work0.0%3.4%−3.4 pts
Uninsured1.8%5.4%−3.6 pts
Population, 1990 – 2025