Fowler vs Wacousta

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

Fowler 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 1,446 in Fowler). Wacousta has the higher median household income ($126,471 vs $72,261 in Fowler). Wacousta has the higher median home value ($271,200 vs $194,400 in Fowler).

Population, income & housing

	Fowler	Wacousta
Population	1,446	1,686
Median age	42.5 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,261	$126,471
Median home value	$194,400	$271,200
Median gross rent	$779	—
Housing units	634	688
Homeownership rate	86.3%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fowler	Wacousta
Population	1,369 → 1,446 (+5.6%)	1,571 → 1,686 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$59,464 → $72,261 (+21.5%)	$83,472 → $126,471 (+51.5%)
Median home value	$143,100 → $194,400 (+35.8%)	$192,500 → $271,200 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $779 (+10.2%)	$910 → $1,270 (+39.6%)

Fowler

Population

1,3691,446

Median household income

$59,464$72,261

Median home value

$143,100$194,400

Median gross rent

$707$779

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)

	Fowler	Wacousta
Under 5	6.7%	2.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	19.5%
18 to 24	9.4%	1.7%
25 to 34	6.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	17.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	15.2%
55 to 64	15.2%	16.5%
65 to 74	16.7%	7.5%
75 and over	4.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fowler	Wacousta
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fowler	Wacousta
No high school diploma	2.1%	1.8%
High school graduate	24.3%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	50.9%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fowler	Wacousta
Drove alone	80.8%	91.5%
Carpooled	6.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	8.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fowler	Wacousta
1-unit, detached	93.4%	99.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fowler	Wacousta
Poverty rate	1.0%	1.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1963	1973