Allen vs Waldron

A side-by-side comparison of Allen and Waldron: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waldron has the higher population (605 vs 212 in Allen). Allen has the higher median household income ($61,667 vs $45,750 in Waldron). Allen has the higher median home value ($121,400 vs $82,600 in Waldron).

Population, income & housing

	Allen	Waldron
Population	212	605
Median age	47.0 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,667	$45,750
Median home value	$121,400	$82,600
Median gross rent	—	$864
Housing units	102	281
Homeownership rate	91.1%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	24.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen	Waldron
Population	289 → 212 (-26.6%)	489 → 605 (+23.7%)
Median household income	$43,000 → $61,667 (+43.4%)	$46,250 → $45,750 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$76,900 → $121,400 (+57.9%)	$42,100 → $82,600 (+96.2%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $519 (-14.2%)	$690 → $864 (+25.2%)

Allen

Population

289212

Median household income

$43,000$61,667

Median home value

$76,900$121,400

Median gross rent

$605$519

Waldron

Population

489605

Median household income

$46,250$45,750

Median home value

$42,100$82,600

Median gross rent

$690$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen	Waldron
Under 5	7.5%	7.9%
5 to 17	12.3%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	18.3%
35 to 44	8.0%	15.2%
45 to 54	17.5%	13.1%
55 to 64	8.5%	15.2%
65 to 74	15.6%	7.1%
75 and over	9.0%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen	Waldron
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen	Waldron
No high school diploma	29.4%	7.0%
High school graduate	36.6%	56.7%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen	Waldron
Drove alone	78.2%	76.3%
Carpooled	19.2%	18.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen	Waldron
1-unit, detached	82.4%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Allen	Waldron
Poverty rate	29.2%	14.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938