What is the population of Gladstone city?

Gladstone city has 5,240 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #172 of 745 in Michigan.

What is the median household income in Gladstone city?

Median household income in Gladstone city is $57,534 a year, 26.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Gladstone city?

Median gross rent is $793 a month and the median home value is $111,700, so rent absorbs about 16.5% of median household income.

Is Gladstone city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gladstone city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Gladstone, MI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Gladstone, Michigan (Gladstone, MI — Census place “Gladstone city”) is 5,240 residents, ranking #172 of 745 places in Michigan. Median household income is $57,534, the median home is worth $111,700 and median gross rent runs $793 a month. Looking for the Gladstone Michigan ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Gladstone, MI: 49837.

Population: 5,240Gladstone city residents
Median household income: $57,534Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $111,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $793Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 74%Owner-occupied households

Gladstone ZIP codes (Michigan)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Gladstone.

The Gladstone MI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

49837

What the numbers mean in Gladstone city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Gladstone city median would spend about 16.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.2% of residents and 74% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Gladstone city, MI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Gladstone city is a mid-size town in Michigan, with 5,240 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #172 of 745 ranked by population — larger than 77% of them. The median age here is 41.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Gladstone city earn a median of $57,534 a year, 26.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 7% below the $61,715 median for the 438 Michigan cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 14.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Gladstone city is valued at $111,700, 63.2% below the national figure and 33% below the $166,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $793 a month, 43.6% below the national figure, or roughly $9,516 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.9×, 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. 74% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Gladstone city?: Gladstone city has 5,240 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #172 of 745 in Michigan.
What is the median household income in Gladstone city?: Median household income in Gladstone city is $57,534 a year, 26.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Gladstone city?: Median gross rent is $793 a month and the median home value is $111,700, so rent absorbs about 16.5% of median household income.
Is Gladstone city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gladstone city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Gladstone city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.