Lake Victoria vs Wacousta

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

Lake Victoria 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 1,002 in Lake Victoria). Wacousta has the higher median household income ($126,471 vs $123,594 in Lake Victoria). Lake Victoria has the higher median home value ($301,900 vs $271,200 in Wacousta).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Victoria	Wacousta
Population	1,002	1,686
Median age	48.2 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$123,594	$126,471
Median home value	$301,900	$271,200
Housing units	440	688
Homeownership rate	100.0%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Victoria	Wacousta
Population	841 → 1,002 (+19.1%)	1,571 → 1,686 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$96,250 → $123,594 (+28.4%)	$83,472 → $126,471 (+51.5%)
Median home value	$228,800 → $301,900 (+31.9%)	$192,500 → $271,200 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$910 → $1,270 (+39.6%)

Lake Victoria

Population

8411,002

Median household income

$96,250$123,594

Median home value

$228,800$301,900

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)

	Lake Victoria	Wacousta
Under 5	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	18.4%	19.5%
18 to 24	1.0%	1.7%
25 to 34	10.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	17.0%
45 to 54	26.9%	15.2%
55 to 64	12.1%	16.5%
65 to 74	14.1%	7.5%
75 and over	4.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Victoria	Wacousta
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	4.4%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Victoria	Wacousta
No high school diploma	1.6%	1.8%
High school graduate	9.9%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.7%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Victoria	Wacousta
Drove alone	81.9%	91.5%
Carpooled	11.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Victoria	Wacousta
1-unit, detached	92.3%	99.6%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Victoria	Wacousta
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.2%
Average household size	2.28	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1984	1973