Fennville vs Wayland

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

Fennville 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 1,880 in Fennville). Wayland has the higher median household income ($71,797 vs $65,268 in Fennville). Wayland has the higher median home value ($201,200 vs $128,900 in Fennville).

Population, income & housing

	Fennville	Wayland
Population	1,880	4,430
Median age	26.9 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,268	$71,797
Median home value	$128,900	$201,200
Median gross rent	$791	$1,085
Housing units	684	1,851
Homeownership rate	63.3%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fennville	Wayland
Population	1,876 → 1,880 (+0.2%)	4,197 → 4,430 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$52,850 → $65,268 (+23.5%)	$54,886 → $71,797 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$97,900 → $128,900 (+31.7%)	$126,400 → $201,200 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $791 (+6.7%)	$779 → $1,085 (+39.3%)

Fennville

Population

1,8761,880

Median household income

$52,850$65,268

Median home value

$97,900$128,900

Median gross rent

$741$791

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)

	Fennville	Wayland
Under 5	7.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	22.9%	18.8%
18 to 24	13.3%	11.7%
25 to 34	20.1%	14.4%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	9.5%	8.7%
65 to 74	5.7%	10.8%
75 and over	1.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fennville	Wayland
White (non-Hispanic)	48.0%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	48.4%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fennville	Wayland
No high school diploma	19.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	51.7%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fennville	Wayland
Drove alone	80.6%	73.9%
Carpooled	11.8%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	6.0%	9.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	6.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fennville	Wayland
1-unit, detached	52.0%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	16.2%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	24.1%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Fennville	Wayland
Poverty rate	24.3%	10.2%
Average household size	3.08	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1974	1977