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Gaastra city, Iron County, MI

296 Population
1.6 square miles 181 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±11.7 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Iron County: 53.1 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,592 ±$5,319 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iron County: $34,784 ±$2,327
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,708 ±$20,673 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iron County: $55,940 ±$3,026
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.1% ±16.5% (81  ±51) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iron County: 17% † 1,916 (±2.5% / ±279)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28 minutes ±7.1 (2,605  ±1,383) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Iron County: 20 77,130 (±0.8 / ±5,646)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

121 ±30 Number of households
  • Iron County: 5,547 ±190
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (296  ±82) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iron County: 2.1 11,353 (±0.1 / ±48)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9% ±12.3% (7  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iron County: 6.1% † 111 (±2.9% / ±52)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

167 ±36 Number of housing units
  • Iron County: 9,156 ±51
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$49,200 ±$14,346 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Iron County: $109,100 ±$6,805
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • less than a fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.8% ±6.5% (20  ±20) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iron County: 10.6% † 1,229 (±1.6% / ±189)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.8% ±32.4% (182  ±42.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Iron County: 94.7% 8,534 (±3.9% / ±353.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.4% ±13.2% (35  ±26.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iron County: 22.5% 2,028 (±1.8% / ±161.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2% ±3% (6  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Iron County: 0.9% 105
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.8% ±3.6% (19  ±9) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iron County: 11.1% 1,068 (±1% / ±94)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
19 Total veterans ±9 17 Male ±9 2 Female ±3

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