Onekama vs Wellston

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

Onekama 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 323 in Onekama). Onekama has the higher median home value ($182,300 vs $109,800 in Wellston). Since 2019, Wellston's population has grown faster (+72.8% vs -29.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Onekama	Wellston
Population	323	425
Median age	59.8 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$48,125
Median home value	$182,300	$109,800
Median gross rent	$575	$642
Housing units	286	251
Homeownership rate	88.7%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	20.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Onekama	Wellston
Population	461 → 323 (-29.9%)	246 → 425 (+72.8%)
Median household income	$71,250 → $50,417 (-29.2%)	$32,143 → $48,125 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$150,000 → $182,300 (+21.5%)	$59,300 → $109,800 (+85.2%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $575 (+0.0%)	$522 → $642 (+23.0%)

Onekama

Population

461323

Median household income

$71,250$50,417

Median home value

$150,000$182,300

Median gross rent

$575$575

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)

	Onekama	Wellston
Under 5	2.2%	7.5%
5 to 17	17.3%	9.2%
18 to 24	2.2%	17.9%
25 to 34	9.0%	23.8%
35 to 44	1.2%	1.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	16.2%
55 to 64	15.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	31.3%	9.4%
75 and over	8.4%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Onekama	Wellston
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	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	5.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Onekama	Wellston
No high school diploma	0.0%	32.4%
High school graduate	20.2%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	56.1%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	1.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Onekama	Wellston
Drove alone	73.1%	83.0%
Carpooled	22.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	17.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Onekama	Wellston
1-unit, detached	93.0%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Onekama	Wellston
Poverty rate	1.9%	9.2%
Average household size	1.92	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	26	16
Median year structure built	1958	1960