St. Johns vs Wacousta

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

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

St. Johns has the higher population (7,712 vs 1,686 in Wacousta). Wacousta has the higher median household income ($126,471 vs $63,030 in St. Johns). Wacousta has the higher median home value ($271,200 vs $175,300 in St. Johns).

Population, income & housing

	St. Johns	Wacousta
Population	7,712	1,686
Median age	43.5 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,030	$126,471
Median home value	$175,300	$271,200
Median gross rent	$870	—
Housing units	3,430	688
Homeownership rate	67.8%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Johns	Wacousta
Population	7,898 → 7,712 (-2.4%)	1,571 → 1,686 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$56,307 → $63,030 (+11.9%)	$83,472 → $126,471 (+51.5%)
Median home value	$122,600 → $175,300 (+43.0%)	$192,500 → $271,200 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $870 (+12.7%)	$910 → $1,270 (+39.6%)

St. Johns

Population

7,8987,712

Median household income

$56,307$63,030

Median home value

$122,600$175,300

Median gross rent

$772$870

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)

	St. Johns	Wacousta
Under 5	5.5%	2.8%
5 to 17	18.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	3.8%	1.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	12.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	17.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	15.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	16.5%
65 to 74	11.8%	7.5%
75 and over	9.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Johns	Wacousta
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	93.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Johns	Wacousta
No high school diploma	6.3%	1.8%
High school graduate	29.0%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Johns	Wacousta
Drove alone	75.4%	91.5%
Carpooled	4.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Johns	Wacousta
1-unit, detached	68.5%	99.6%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	St. Johns	Wacousta
Poverty rate	13.4%	1.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1963	1973