DeWitt vs Wacousta

A side-by-side comparison of DeWitt and Wacousta: population, income, housing, and more.

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

DeWitt has the higher population (4,774 vs 1,686 in Wacousta). Wacousta has the higher median household income ($126,471 vs $105,857 in DeWitt). DeWitt has the higher median home value ($303,200 vs $271,200 in Wacousta).

Population, income & housing

	DeWitt	Wacousta
Population	4,774	1,686
Median age	42.0 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$105,857	$126,471
Median home value	$303,200	$271,200
Median gross rent	$1,088	—
Housing units	1,793	688
Homeownership rate	78.6%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	DeWitt	Wacousta
Population	4,691 → 4,774 (+1.8%)	1,571 → 1,686 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$96,023 → $105,857 (+10.2%)	$83,472 → $126,471 (+51.5%)
Median home value	$205,200 → $303,200 (+47.8%)	$192,500 → $271,200 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$999 → $1,088 (+8.9%)	$910 → $1,270 (+39.6%)

DeWitt

Population

4,6914,774

Median household income

$96,023$105,857

Median home value

$205,200$303,200

Median gross rent

$999$1,088

Wacousta

Population

1,5711,686

Median household income

$83,472$126,471

Median home value

$192,500$271,200

Median gross rent

$910$1,270

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	DeWitt	Wacousta
Under 5	4.9%	2.8%
5 to 17	19.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	1.7%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	15.8%	17.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	15.2%
55 to 64	14.9%	16.5%
65 to 74	7.6%	7.5%
75 and over	9.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	DeWitt	Wacousta
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	93.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	DeWitt	Wacousta
No high school diploma	2.5%	1.8%
High school graduate	19.8%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.2%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	DeWitt	Wacousta
Drove alone	73.5%	91.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	8.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	DeWitt	Wacousta
1-unit, detached	75.7%	99.6%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	DeWitt	Wacousta
Poverty rate	4.2%	1.2%
Average household size	2.67	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1986	1973