Kaleva vs Wellston

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

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

Kaleva has the higher population (520 vs 425 in Wellston). Wellston has the higher median household income ($48,125 vs $43,333 in Kaleva). Wellston has the higher median home value ($109,800 vs $88,500 in Kaleva).

Population, income & housing

	Kaleva	Wellston
Population	520	425
Median age	36.3 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,333	$48,125
Median home value	$88,500	$109,800
Median gross rent	$964	$642
Housing units	272	251
Homeownership rate	79.2%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	20.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaleva	Wellston
Population	436 → 520 (+19.3%)	246 → 425 (+72.8%)
Median household income	$38,500 → $43,333 (+12.6%)	$32,143 → $48,125 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$71,900 → $88,500 (+23.1%)	$59,300 → $109,800 (+85.2%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $964 (+29.9%)	$522 → $642 (+23.0%)

Kaleva

Population

436520

Median household income

$38,500$43,333

Median home value

$71,900$88,500

Median gross rent

$742$964

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)

	Kaleva	Wellston
Under 5	9.6%	7.5%
5 to 17	19.6%	9.2%
18 to 24	3.1%	17.9%
25 to 34	16.7%	23.8%
35 to 44	8.1%	1.6%
45 to 54	6.5%	16.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	11.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.4%
75 and over	11.2%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaleva	Wellston
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	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	1.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaleva	Wellston
No high school diploma	8.5%	32.4%
High school graduate	46.0%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	1.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaleva	Wellston
Drove alone	66.9%	83.0%
Carpooled	21.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	17.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaleva	Wellston
1-unit, detached	88.6%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Kaleva	Wellston
Poverty rate	35.4%	9.2%
Average household size	2.57	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	26	16
Median year structure built	1961	1960