Inkster vs Wyandotte

A side-by-side comparison of Inkster and Wyandotte: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Inkster has the higher population (25,602 vs 24,593 in Wyandotte). Wyandotte has the higher median household income ($67,846 vs $39,632 in Inkster). Wyandotte has the higher median home value ($159,700 vs $75,700 in Inkster).

Population, income & housing

	Inkster	Wyandotte
Population	25,602	24,593
Median age	34.4 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$39,632	$67,846
Median home value	$75,700	$159,700
Median gross rent	$1,127	$995
Housing units	11,497	11,441
Homeownership rate	45.8%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inkster	Wyandotte
Population	24,520 → 25,602 (+4.4%)	25,044 → 24,593 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$32,014 → $39,632 (+23.8%)	$54,462 → $67,846 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$48,700 → $75,700 (+55.4%)	$109,300 → $159,700 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$887 → $1,127 (+27.1%)	$763 → $995 (+30.4%)

Inkster

Population

24,52025,602

Median household income

$32,014$39,632

Median home value

$48,700$75,700

Median gross rent

$887$1,127

Wyandotte

Population

25,04424,593

Median household income

$54,462$67,846

Median home value

$109,300$159,700

Median gross rent

$763$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Inkster	Wyandotte
Under 5	7.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	20.2%	13.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	16.2%	17.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.3%	15.1%
65 to 74	7.9%	11.8%
75 and over	4.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inkster	Wyandotte
White (non-Hispanic)	16.8%	84.0%
Black or African American	72.3%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inkster	Wyandotte
No high school diploma	17.3%	8.6%
High school graduate	38.9%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inkster	Wyandotte
Drove alone	74.9%	80.2%
Carpooled	9.9%	6.6%
Public transit	3.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.3%	9.7%
Other means	3.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inkster	Wyandotte
1-unit, detached	72.5%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	4.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Inkster	Wyandotte
Poverty rate	36.3%	15.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1957	1950