Oak Hill vs Wellston

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

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

Oak Hill has the higher population (440 vs 425 in Wellston). Oak Hill has the higher median household income ($56,458 vs $48,125 in Wellston). Oak Hill has the higher median home value ($130,300 vs $109,800 in Wellston).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Hill	Wellston
Population	440	425
Median age	56.1 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,458	$48,125
Median home value	$130,300	$109,800
Median gross rent	—	$642
Housing units	301	251
Homeownership rate	90.5%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	14.0%	20.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Hill	Wellston
Population	617 → 440 (-28.7%)	246 → 425 (+72.8%)
Median household income	$41,000 → $56,458 (+37.7%)	$32,143 → $48,125 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $130,300 (+50.1%)	$59,300 → $109,800 (+85.2%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $769 (-0.8%)	$522 → $642 (+23.0%)

Oak Hill

Population

617440

Median household income

$41,000$56,458

Median home value

$86,800$130,300

Median gross rent

$775$769

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)

	Oak Hill	Wellston
Under 5	6.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	1.4%	9.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	17.9%
25 to 34	6.6%	23.8%
35 to 44	5.2%	1.6%
45 to 54	15.7%	16.2%
55 to 64	38.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	6.8%	9.4%
75 and over	11.8%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Hill	Wellston
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Hill	Wellston
No high school diploma	10.5%	32.4%
High school graduate	43.7%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	1.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Hill	Wellston
Drove alone	85.8%	83.0%
Carpooled	11.1%	0.0%
Public transit	3.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Hill	Wellston
1-unit, detached	96.3%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Oak Hill	Wellston
Poverty rate	2.7%	9.2%
Average household size	2.00	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	12	16
Median year structure built	1962	1960