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Gladstone is a big small town of 5,253 people in Delta County, Michigan. It's about 103 miles from Traverse City, MI and 198 miles from Milwaukee, WI, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 78°F and winter highs 26°F, with about 45 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $119k and rent runs about $910 a month.
5,253people
$119kTypical home
$910/moRent
78° / 26°Summer / winter
45"Snow
185Sunny days
114Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 5,253
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,037 people per sq mi
- 198 mi to Milwaukee, WI
- 103 mi to Traverse City, MI
- 8 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $119k (≈$748/mo)
- Median rent $910/mo
- Median household income $55k
- Property tax about 1.5% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 78°F
- Winter highs around 26°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 57°F)
- 185 sunny days a year (30 totally clear)
- 180 cloudy days a year
- 56 of 90 winter days are gray
- 114 days a year with rain or snow
- 45" of snow a year
- 15 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 57 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (119 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (367 per 100k)
People
- Median age 44
- 25% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 21% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 9 mi to ESC airport
- 205 mi to MKE (major hub)
- 199 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 78% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1958
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 594 ft
- 452 mi to the ocean
- 0 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 41 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 10 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 17 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 14 bars within 25 mi
- 5 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the top 39% of Michigan districts (reading)
- 7 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 63 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 7 mi to the nearest vet
- 97 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 52 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Delta County: R+30 in 2024
- Michigan: Purple — split almost evenly
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk