Wayne vs Woodhaven

A side-by-side comparison of Wayne and Woodhaven: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wayne has the higher population (17,413 vs 12,761 in Woodhaven). Woodhaven has the higher median household income ($83,291 vs $54,467 in Wayne). Woodhaven has the higher median home value ($221,200 vs $142,200 in Wayne).

Population, income & housing

	Wayne	Woodhaven
Population	17,413	12,761
Median age	39.5 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,467	$83,291
Median home value	$142,200	$221,200
Median gross rent	$924	$1,015
Housing units	7,727	5,451
Homeownership rate	57.8%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wayne	Woodhaven
Population	16,976 → 17,413 (+2.6%)	12,518 → 12,761 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$46,875 → $54,467 (+16.2%)	$64,501 → $83,291 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$85,100 → $142,200 (+67.1%)	$159,800 → $221,200 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $924 (+21.7%)	$844 → $1,015 (+20.3%)

Wayne

Population

16,97617,413

Median household income

$46,875$54,467

Median home value

$85,100$142,200

Median gross rent

$759$924

Woodhaven

Population

12,51812,761

Median household income

$64,501$83,291

Median home value

$159,800$221,200

Median gross rent

$844$1,015

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wayne	Woodhaven
Under 5	4.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.4%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	15.0%
75 and over	5.9%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wayne	Woodhaven
White (non-Hispanic)	60.8%	78.4%
Black or African American	25.3%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.3%
Asian	1.5%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wayne	Woodhaven
No high school diploma	12.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	36.9%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wayne	Woodhaven
Drove alone	78.2%	78.1%
Carpooled	10.3%	9.6%
Public transit	1.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.7%	9.5%
Other means	0.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wayne	Woodhaven
1-unit, detached	62.5%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	20.4%
20 or more units	10.2%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Wayne	Woodhaven
Poverty rate	15.3%	12.1%
Average household size	2.43	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1959	1979