Wakefield vs Watersmeet

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

Wakefield and Watersmeet 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 273 in Watersmeet). Watersmeet has the higher median household income ($60,708 vs $48,413 in Wakefield). Wakefield has the higher median home value ($71,400 vs $68,500 in Watersmeet).

Population, income & housing

	Wakefield	Watersmeet
Population	1,789	273
Median age	45.0 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,413	$60,708
Median home value	$71,400	$68,500
Median gross rent	$662	—
Housing units	975	187
Homeownership rate	82.3%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wakefield	Watersmeet
Population	1,529 → 1,789 (+17.0%)	400 → 273 (-31.8%)
Median household income	$36,056 → $48,413 (+34.3%)	$32,639 → $60,708 (+86.0%)
Median home value	$56,900 → $71,400 (+25.5%)	$56,600 → $68,500 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$552 → $662 (+19.9%)	—

Wakefield

Population

1,5291,789

Median household income

$36,056$48,413

Median home value

$56,900$71,400

Median gross rent

$552$662

Watersmeet

Population

400273

Median household income

$32,639$60,708

Median home value

$56,600$68,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wakefield	Watersmeet
Under 5	9.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	10.5%	27.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	2.9%
45 to 54	10.2%	17.6%
55 to 64	16.4%	7.3%
65 to 74	13.1%	27.5%
75 and over	10.5%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wakefield	Watersmeet
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	44.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	39.6%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wakefield	Watersmeet
No high school diploma	2.1%	1.6%
High school graduate	36.4%	57.8%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wakefield	Watersmeet
Drove alone	77.8%	72.9%
Carpooled	15.2%	20.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wakefield	Watersmeet
1-unit, detached	90.5%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Wakefield	Watersmeet
Poverty rate	22.0%	5.5%
Average household size	2.21	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	23	10
Median year structure built	1944	1972