Dorr vs Wayland

A side-by-side comparison of Dorr and Wayland: population, income, housing, and more.

Dorr and Wayland are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wayland has the higher population (4,430 vs 3,952 in Dorr). Dorr has the higher median household income ($95,575 vs $71,797 in Wayland). Dorr has the higher median home value ($262,400 vs $201,200 in Wayland).

Population, income & housing

	Dorr	Wayland
Population	3,952	4,430
Median age	32.4 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$95,575	$71,797
Median home value	$262,400	$201,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,085
Housing units	1,461	1,851
Homeownership rate	98.1%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorr	Wayland
Population	4,282 → 3,952 (-7.7%)	4,197 → 4,430 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$77,862 → $95,575 (+22.7%)	$54,886 → $71,797 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$188,000 → $262,400 (+39.6%)	$126,400 → $201,200 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $1,077 (+96.9%)	$779 → $1,085 (+39.3%)

Dorr

Population

4,2823,952

Median household income

$77,862$95,575

Median home value

$188,000$262,400

Median gross rent

$547$1,077

Wayland

Population

4,1974,430

Median household income

$54,886$71,797

Median home value

$126,400$201,200

Median gross rent

$779$1,085

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dorr	Wayland
Under 5	4.2%	6.9%
5 to 17	31.5%	18.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	11.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	14.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	8.7%
65 to 74	6.1%	10.8%
75 and over	1.5%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorr	Wayland
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	87.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorr	Wayland
No high school diploma	13.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	36.0%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorr	Wayland
Drove alone	83.8%	73.9%
Carpooled	4.4%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	9.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorr	Wayland
1-unit, detached	97.1%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	16.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Dorr	Wayland
Poverty rate	3.4%	10.2%
Average household size	2.90	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1982	1977