Wacousta vs Westphalia

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

Wacousta and Westphalia 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 890 in Westphalia). Wacousta has the higher median household income ($126,471 vs $74,750 in Westphalia). Wacousta has the higher median home value ($271,200 vs $225,700 in Westphalia).

Population, income & housing

	Wacousta	Westphalia
Population	1,686	890
Median age	42.0 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$126,471	$74,750
Median home value	$271,200	$225,700
Median gross rent	—	$883
Housing units	688	357
Homeownership rate	93.9%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.1%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wacousta	Westphalia
Population	1,571 → 1,686 (+7.3%)	989 → 890 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$83,472 → $126,471 (+51.5%)	$59,196 → $74,750 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$192,500 → $271,200 (+40.9%)	$158,600 → $225,700 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,270 (+39.6%)	$688 → $883 (+28.3%)

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

Westphalia

Population

989890

Median household income

$59,196$74,750

Median home value

$158,600$225,700

Median gross rent

$688$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wacousta	Westphalia
Under 5	2.8%	9.4%
5 to 17	19.5%	17.0%
18 to 24	1.7%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	17.0%	6.2%
45 to 54	15.2%	8.5%
55 to 64	16.5%	10.6%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.6%
75 and over	7.4%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wacousta	Westphalia
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wacousta	Westphalia
No high school diploma	1.8%	3.9%
High school graduate	17.4%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.9%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wacousta	Westphalia
Drove alone	91.5%	66.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.5%	22.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wacousta	Westphalia
1-unit, detached	99.6%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Wacousta	Westphalia
Poverty rate	1.2%	3.5%
Average household size	2.45	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1973	1967