Haslett vs Williamston

A side-by-side comparison of Haslett and Williamston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Haslett has the higher population (19,025 vs 3,800 in Williamston). Haslett has the higher median household income ($74,164 vs $73,902 in Williamston). Haslett has the higher median home value ($269,200 vs $215,000 in Williamston).

Population, income & housing

	Haslett	Williamston
Population	19,025	3,800
Median age	41.1 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,164	$73,902
Median home value	$269,200	$215,000
Median gross rent	$1,083	$972
Housing units	9,646	1,836
Homeownership rate	58.0%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.0%	46.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haslett	Williamston
Population	19,565 → 19,025 (-2.8%)	3,959 → 3,800 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$69,601 → $74,164 (+6.6%)	$68,950 → $73,902 (+7.2%)
Median home value	$198,400 → $269,200 (+35.7%)	$161,900 → $215,000 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$871 → $1,083 (+24.3%)	$803 → $972 (+21.0%)

Haslett

Population

19,56519,025

Median household income

$69,601$74,164

Median home value

$198,400$269,200

Median gross rent

$871$1,083

Williamston

Population

3,9593,800

Median household income

$68,950$73,902

Median home value

$161,900$215,000

Median gross rent

$803$972

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haslett	Williamston
Under 5	3.6%	10.1%
5 to 17	13.9%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	17.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	9.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	16.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	7.5%
75 and over	9.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haslett	Williamston
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	93.9%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haslett	Williamston
No high school diploma	2.0%	2.5%
High school graduate	13.4%	12.2%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	29.1%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haslett	Williamston
Drove alone	72.2%	78.2%
Carpooled	4.8%	5.6%
Public transit	1.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	14.6%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haslett	Williamston
1-unit, detached	50.5%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	24.8%	15.2%
20 or more units	8.7%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Haslett	Williamston
Poverty rate	10.0%	8.3%
Average household size	2.03	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1981	1978