Manistee vs Wellston

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

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

Manistee has the higher population (6,275 vs 425 in Wellston). Manistee has the higher median household income ($59,315 vs $48,125 in Wellston). Manistee has the higher median home value ($144,400 vs $109,800 in Wellston).

Population, income & housing

	Manistee	Wellston
Population	6,275	425
Median age	47.2 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,315	$48,125
Median home value	$144,400	$109,800
Median gross rent	$771	$642
Housing units	3,577	251
Homeownership rate	73.5%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	20.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manistee	Wellston
Population	6,083 → 6,275 (+3.2%)	246 → 425 (+72.8%)
Median household income	$44,878 → $59,315 (+32.2%)	$32,143 → $48,125 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$108,900 → $144,400 (+32.6%)	$59,300 → $109,800 (+85.2%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $771 (+12.9%)	$522 → $642 (+23.0%)

Manistee

Population

6,0836,275

Median household income

$44,878$59,315

Median home value

$108,900$144,400

Median gross rent

$683$771

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)

	Manistee	Wellston
Under 5	3.6%	7.5%
5 to 17	16.3%	9.2%
18 to 24	9.4%	17.9%
25 to 34	7.3%	23.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	1.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	16.2%
55 to 64	17.2%	11.8%
65 to 74	16.4%	9.4%
75 and over	7.3%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manistee	Wellston
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	92.0%
Black or African American	2.3%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	1.6%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manistee	Wellston
No high school diploma	11.7%	32.4%
High school graduate	27.5%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	1.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manistee	Wellston
Drove alone	73.7%	83.0%
Carpooled	9.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	17.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manistee	Wellston
1-unit, detached	68.1%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Manistee	Wellston
Poverty rate	14.0%	9.2%
Average household size	2.22	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	15	16
Median year structure built	1951	1960