Ramsay vs Wakefield

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

Ramsay 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 182 in Ramsay). Ramsay has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $48,413 in Wakefield). Wakefield has the higher median home value ($71,400 vs $50,000 in Ramsay).

Population, income & housing

	Ramsay	Wakefield
Population	182	1,789
Median age	61.1 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$48,413
Median home value	$50,000	$71,400
Median gross rent	—	$662
Housing units	160	975
Homeownership rate	95.7%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ramsay	Wakefield
Population	282 → 182 (-35.5%)	1,529 → 1,789 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$32,031 → $56,250 (+75.6%)	$36,056 → $48,413 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$41,200 → $50,000 (+21.4%)	$56,900 → $71,400 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$552 → $662 (+19.9%)

Ramsay

Population

282182

Median household income

$32,031$56,250

Median home value

$41,200$50,000

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)

	Ramsay	Wakefield
Under 5	12.6%	9.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	12.5%
35 to 44	18.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	8.8%	10.2%
55 to 64	7.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	25.8%	13.1%
75 and over	20.3%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ramsay	Wakefield
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	94.3%
Black or African American	16.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ramsay	Wakefield
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.1%
High school graduate	34.6%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	54.7%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ramsay	Wakefield
Drove alone	96.2%	77.8%
Carpooled	3.8%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ramsay	Wakefield
1-unit, detached	97.5%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Ramsay	Wakefield
Poverty rate	5.5%	22.0%
Average household size	1.98	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1938	1944