Parkdale vs Wellston

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

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

Parkdale has the higher population (631 vs 425 in Wellston). Wellston has the higher median household income ($48,125 vs $43,276 in Parkdale). Parkdale has the higher median home value ($148,600 vs $109,800 in Wellston).

Population, income & housing

	Parkdale	Wellston
Population	631	425
Median age	63.5 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,276	$48,125
Median home value	$148,600	$109,800
Median gross rent	—	$642
Housing units	269	251
Homeownership rate	91.2%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	20.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parkdale	Wellston
Population	740 → 631 (-14.7%)	246 → 425 (+72.8%)
Median household income	$38,026 → $43,276 (+13.8%)	$32,143 → $48,125 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $148,600 (+59.3%)	$59,300 → $109,800 (+85.2%)
Median gross rent	$539 → $875 (+62.3%)	$522 → $642 (+23.0%)

Parkdale

Population

740631

Median household income

$38,026$43,276

Median home value

$93,300$148,600

Median gross rent

$539$875

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)

	Parkdale	Wellston
Under 5	5.9%	7.5%
5 to 17	10.6%	9.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	17.9%
25 to 34	9.5%	23.8%
35 to 44	3.8%	1.6%
45 to 54	3.5%	16.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	16.5%	9.4%
75 and over	28.8%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parkdale	Wellston
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	92.0%
Black or African American	3.8%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.2%	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	0.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parkdale	Wellston
No high school diploma	17.1%	32.4%
High school graduate	34.0%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	1.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parkdale	Wellston
Drove alone	87.8%	83.0%
Carpooled	12.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	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)

	Parkdale	Wellston
1-unit, detached	84.8%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Parkdale	Wellston
Poverty rate	16.3%	9.2%
Average household size	2.04	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	12	16
Median year structure built	1973	1960