Michigan · Census place 31160
Gaastra, MI population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Gaastra, Michigan (Gaastra, MI — Census place “Gaastra city”) is 324 residents, ranking #612 of 745 places in Michigan. Median household income is $57,500, the median home is worth $61,000 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Gaastra Michigan ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Gaastra, MI: 49927.
- Population
- 324Gaastra city residents
- Median household income
- $57,500Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $61,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 38.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 96.4%Owner-occupied households
Gaastra ZIP codes (Michigan)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Gaastra.
The Gaastra MI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Gaastra city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
The median home costs 1.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.2% of residents and 96.4% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Gaastra city, MI in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Gaastra city is a very small community in Michigan, with 324 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #612 of 745 ranked by population — larger than 17% of them. The median age here is 38.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Gaastra city earn a median of $57,500 a year, 26.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 7% below the $61,715 median for the 438 Michigan cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 8.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Gaastra city is valued at $61,000, 79.9% below the national figure and 63% below the $166,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 96.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
With 324 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Gaastra city against its county rather than against national figures.
The Census withheld gross rent for Gaastra city because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Michigan.
- Detroit city 636,644
- Grand Rapids city 197,768
- Warren city 138,128
- Sterling Heights city 133,473
- Ann Arbor city 121,179
- Lansing city 112,546
- Dearborn city 107,846
- Livonia city 94,058
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Gaastra city?
- Gaastra city has 324 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #612 of 745 in Michigan.
- What is the median household income in Gaastra city?
- Median household income in Gaastra city is $57,500 a year, 26.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Gaastra city?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $61,000.
- Is Gaastra city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gaastra city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
- How current is this Gaastra city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.