Chelsea vs Dexter

A side-by-side comparison of Chelsea and Dexter: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chelsea has the higher population (5,420 vs 4,495 in Dexter). Dexter has the higher median household income ($103,182 vs $71,702 in Chelsea). Dexter has the higher median home value ($401,800 vs $301,100 in Chelsea).

Population, income & housing

	Chelsea	Dexter
Population	5,420	4,495
Median age	50.8 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,702	$103,182
Median home value	$301,100	$401,800
Median gross rent	$1,543	$1,603
Housing units	2,734	1,801
Homeownership rate	62.6%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.8%	70.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelsea	Dexter
Population	5,331 → 5,420 (+1.7%)	4,644 → 4,495 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$83,750 → $71,702 (-14.4%)	$85,469 → $103,182 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$237,500 → $301,100 (+26.8%)	$300,900 → $401,800 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,084 → $1,543 (+42.3%)	$1,213 → $1,603 (+32.2%)

Chelsea

Population

5,3315,420

Median household income

$83,750$71,702

Median home value

$237,500$301,100

Median gross rent

$1,084$1,543

Dexter

Population

4,6444,495

Median household income

$85,469$103,182

Median home value

$300,900$401,800

Median gross rent

$1,213$1,603

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chelsea	Dexter
Under 5	3.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.8%	23.3%
18 to 24	5.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	10.1%	4.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	9.8%
45 to 54	10.0%	19.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	8.2%
65 to 74	14.7%	12.3%
75 and over	18.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelsea	Dexter
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chelsea	Dexter
No high school diploma	2.2%	2.6%
High school graduate	11.2%	3.0%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	38.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.4%	31.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelsea	Dexter
Drove alone	69.9%	68.6%
Carpooled	4.6%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.5%
Worked from home	20.2%	23.5%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chelsea	Dexter
1-unit, detached	61.1%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	20.7%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	9.2%
20 or more units	13.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chelsea	Dexter
Poverty rate	3.8%	2.1%
Average household size	1.95	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1970	1999