Eastlake vs Wellston

A side-by-side comparison of Eastlake and Wellston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wellston has the higher population (425 vs 304 in Eastlake). Eastlake has the higher median household income ($50,139 vs $48,125 in Wellston). Eastlake has the higher median home value ($117,900 vs $109,800 in Wellston).

Population, income & housing

	Eastlake	Wellston
Population	304	425
Median age	61.7 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,139	$48,125
Median home value	$117,900	$109,800
Median gross rent	—	$642
Housing units	209	251
Homeownership rate	96.1%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	20.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastlake	Wellston
Population	463 → 304 (-34.3%)	246 → 425 (+72.8%)
Median household income	$46,071 → $50,139 (+8.8%)	$32,143 → $48,125 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$85,500 → $117,900 (+37.9%)	$59,300 → $109,800 (+85.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$522 → $642 (+23.0%)

Eastlake

Population

463304

Median household income

$46,071$50,139

Median home value

$85,500$117,900

Wellston

Population

246425

Median household income

$32,143$48,125

Median home value

$59,300$109,800

Median gross rent

$522$642

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastlake	Wellston
Under 5	1.6%	7.5%
5 to 17	6.3%	9.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	17.9%
25 to 34	6.9%	23.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	1.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	16.2%
55 to 64	16.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	18.8%	9.4%
75 and over	21.7%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastlake	Wellston
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastlake	Wellston
No high school diploma	9.0%	32.4%
High school graduate	47.2%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	1.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastlake	Wellston
Drove alone	92.2%	83.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	17.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastlake	Wellston
1-unit, detached	91.4%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Eastlake	Wellston
Poverty rate	6.6%	9.2%
Average household size	1.99	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1965	1960