Marenisco vs Wakefield

A side-by-side comparison of Marenisco and Wakefield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wakefield has the higher population (1,789 vs 198 in Marenisco). Wakefield has the higher median household income ($48,413 vs $40,556 in Marenisco). Wakefield has the higher median home value ($71,400 vs $45,400 in Marenisco).

Population, income & housing

	Marenisco	Wakefield
Population	198	1,789
Median age	62.5 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$40,556	$48,413
Median home value	$45,400	$71,400
Median gross rent	—	$662
Housing units	167	975
Homeownership rate	98.1%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marenisco	Wakefield
Population	134 → 198 (+47.8%)	1,529 → 1,789 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $40,556 (-20.9%)	$36,056 → $48,413 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$54,600 → $45,400 (-16.8%)	$56,900 → $71,400 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$552 → $662 (+19.9%)

Marenisco

Population

134198

Median household income

$51,250$40,556

Median home value

$54,600$45,400

Wakefield

Population

1,5291,789

Median household income

$36,056$48,413

Median home value

$56,900$71,400

Median gross rent

$552$662

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marenisco	Wakefield
Under 5	3.5%	9.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	10.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	6.6%	12.5%
35 to 44	5.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	10.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	33.8%	13.1%
75 and over	13.6%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marenisco	Wakefield
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	16.2%	0.4%
Asian	1.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marenisco	Wakefield
No high school diploma	1.2%	2.1%
High school graduate	39.3%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	45.4%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marenisco	Wakefield
Drove alone	80.8%	77.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.4%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marenisco	Wakefield
1-unit, detached	98.2%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Marenisco	Wakefield
Poverty rate	9.1%	22.0%
Average household size	1.87	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1957	1944