Whitmore Lake vs Ypsilanti

A side-by-side comparison of Whitmore Lake and Ypsilanti: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ypsilanti has the higher population (19,937 vs 8,083 in Whitmore Lake). Whitmore Lake has the higher median household income ($78,038 vs $44,141 in Ypsilanti). Whitmore Lake has the higher median home value ($270,300 vs $223,700 in Ypsilanti).

Population, income & housing

	Whitmore Lake	Ypsilanti
Population	8,083	19,937
Median age	37.0 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	$78,038	$44,141
Median home value	$270,300	$223,700
Median gross rent	$1,268	$1,034
Housing units	3,723	9,352
Homeownership rate	70.5%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	45.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Whitmore Lake	Ypsilanti
Population	6,618 → 8,083 (+22.1%)	20,828 → 19,937 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$61,004 → $78,038 (+27.9%)	$39,332 → $44,141 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$174,800 → $270,300 (+54.6%)	$151,300 → $223,700 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$986 → $1,268 (+28.6%)	$854 → $1,034 (+21.1%)

Whitmore Lake

Population

6,6188,083

Median household income

$61,004$78,038

Median home value

$174,800$270,300

Median gross rent

$986$1,268

Ypsilanti

Population

20,82819,937

Median household income

$39,332$44,141

Median home value

$151,300$223,700

Median gross rent

$854$1,034

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Whitmore Lake	Ypsilanti
Under 5	7.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.0%	11.3%
18 to 24	7.5%	29.5%
25 to 34	17.5%	19.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.7%	7.9%
55 to 64	13.7%	7.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	5.6%
75 and over	5.2%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Whitmore Lake	Ypsilanti
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	57.2%
Black or African American	2.5%	22.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	1.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Whitmore Lake	Ypsilanti
No high school diploma	3.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	25.1%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Whitmore Lake	Ypsilanti
Drove alone	80.8%	58.8%
Carpooled	4.9%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	7.8%
Walked	0.6%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.8%	15.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Whitmore Lake	Ypsilanti
1-unit, detached	64.4%	36.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	19.6%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	23.8%
20 or more units	5.6%	16.9%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Whitmore Lake	Ypsilanti
Poverty rate	6.3%	25.5%
Average household size	2.17	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1986	1956