Elsie vs Wacousta

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

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

Wacousta has the higher population (1,686 vs 951 in Elsie). Wacousta has the higher median household income ($126,471 vs $55,000 in Elsie). Wacousta has the higher median home value ($271,200 vs $107,600 in Elsie).

Population, income & housing

	Elsie	Wacousta
Population	951	1,686
Median age	42.0 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$126,471
Median home value	$107,600	$271,200
Median gross rent	$692	—
Housing units	444	688
Homeownership rate	80.2%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	25.7%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elsie	Wacousta
Population	1,059 → 951 (-10.2%)	1,571 → 1,686 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$44,563 → $55,000 (+23.4%)	$83,472 → $126,471 (+51.5%)
Median home value	$95,500 → $107,600 (+12.7%)	$192,500 → $271,200 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $692 (-5.6%)	$910 → $1,270 (+39.6%)

Elsie

Population

1,059951

Median household income

$44,563$55,000

Median home value

$95,500$107,600

Median gross rent

$733$692

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)

	Elsie	Wacousta
Under 5	4.9%	2.8%
5 to 17	14.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	2.6%	1.7%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	18.5%	17.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	15.2%
55 to 64	16.6%	16.5%
65 to 74	10.3%	7.5%
75 and over	10.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elsie	Wacousta
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	93.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elsie	Wacousta
No high school diploma	7.9%	1.8%
High school graduate	39.4%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elsie	Wacousta
Drove alone	73.4%	91.5%
Carpooled	11.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	8.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elsie	Wacousta
1-unit, detached	80.9%	99.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elsie	Wacousta
Poverty rate	13.0%	1.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1958	1973