Hesperia vs Walkerville

A side-by-side comparison of Hesperia and Walkerville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hesperia has the higher population (1,007 vs 283 in Walkerville). Hesperia has the higher median household income ($44,271 vs $39,375 in Walkerville). Hesperia has the higher median home value ($121,300 vs $50,600 in Walkerville).

Population, income & housing

	Hesperia	Walkerville
Population	1,007	283
Median age	41.6 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,271	$39,375
Median home value	$121,300	$50,600
Median gross rent	$556	—
Housing units	423	111
Homeownership rate	72.9%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hesperia	Walkerville
Population	951 → 1,007 (+5.9%)	224 → 283 (+26.3%)
Median household income	$34,948 → $44,271 (+26.7%)	$39,375 → $39,375 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$82,200 → $121,300 (+47.6%)	$55,000 → $50,600 (-8.0%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $556 (-4.3%)	$650 → $650 (+0.0%)

Hesperia

Population

9511,007

Median household income

$34,948$44,271

Median home value

$82,200$121,300

Median gross rent

$581$556

Walkerville

Population

224283

Median household income

$39,375$39,375

Median home value

$55,000$50,600

Median gross rent

$650$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hesperia	Walkerville
Under 5	5.2%	11.0%
5 to 17	20.1%	26.5%
18 to 24	5.5%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.8%	4.6%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	8.7%	17.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.2%
65 to 74	16.5%	5.7%
75 and over	6.9%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hesperia	Walkerville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	71.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	26.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hesperia	Walkerville
No high school diploma	12.3%	14.7%
High school graduate	50.4%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hesperia	Walkerville
Drove alone	84.2%	90.0%
Carpooled	5.2%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hesperia	Walkerville
1-unit, detached	77.3%	44.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	19.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	52.3%

Poverty & households

	Hesperia	Walkerville
Poverty rate	18.1%	16.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1962	1981