Litchfield vs Waldron

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

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

Litchfield has the higher population (1,391 vs 605 in Waldron). Litchfield has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $45,750 in Waldron). Litchfield has the higher median home value ($110,400 vs $82,600 in Waldron).

Population, income & housing

	Litchfield	Waldron
Population	1,391	605
Median age	43.1 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$45,750
Median home value	$110,400	$82,600
Median gross rent	$706	$864
Housing units	648	281
Homeownership rate	74.2%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Litchfield	Waldron
Population	1,208 → 1,391 (+15.1%)	489 → 605 (+23.7%)
Median household income	$40,714 → $47,500 (+16.7%)	$46,250 → $45,750 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $110,400 (+38.0%)	$42,100 → $82,600 (+96.2%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $706 (+9.3%)	$690 → $864 (+25.2%)

Litchfield

Population

1,2081,391

Median household income

$40,714$47,500

Median home value

$80,000$110,400

Median gross rent

$646$706

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)

	Litchfield	Waldron
Under 5	5.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	16.5%	14.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	18.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	15.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	18.9%	15.2%
65 to 74	12.9%	7.1%
75 and over	5.2%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Litchfield	Waldron
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Litchfield	Waldron
No high school diploma	8.5%	7.0%
High school graduate	44.7%	56.7%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Litchfield	Waldron
Drove alone	82.3%	76.3%
Carpooled	15.7%	18.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	2.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Litchfield	Waldron
1-unit, detached	71.8%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	6.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Litchfield	Waldron
Poverty rate	12.9%	14.7%
Average household size	2.33	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1965	1938