Buckley vs Wedgewood

A side-by-side comparison of Buckley and Wedgewood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Buckley has the higher population (925 vs 273 in Wedgewood). Wedgewood has the higher median household income ($133,125 vs $65,089 in Buckley). Wedgewood has the higher median home value ($300,000 vs $189,000 in Buckley).

Population, income & housing

	Buckley	Wedgewood
Population	925	273
Median age	27.9 yrs	58.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,089	$133,125
Median home value	$189,000	$300,000
Median gross rent	$1,193	—
Housing units	303	92
Homeownership rate	78.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckley	Wedgewood
Population	759 → 925 (+21.9%)	279 → 273 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$57,250 → $65,089 (+13.7%)	$73,500 → $133,125 (+81.1%)
Median home value	$116,700 → $189,000 (+62.0%)	$237,000 → $300,000 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$963 → $1,193 (+23.9%)	—

Buckley

Population

759925

Median household income

$57,250$65,089

Median home value

$116,700$189,000

Median gross rent

$963$1,193

Wedgewood

Population

279273

Median household income

$73,500$133,125

Median home value

$237,000$300,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckley	Wedgewood
Under 5	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	33.6%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	9.1%	1.8%
35 to 44	21.5%	6.2%
45 to 54	7.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	4.8%	17.6%
65 to 74	7.0%	22.7%
75 and over	2.5%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckley	Wedgewood
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckley	Wedgewood
No high school diploma	11.2%	2.0%
High school graduate	31.6%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	24.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckley	Wedgewood
Drove alone	76.7%	45.9%
Carpooled	17.7%	20.2%
Public transit	0.0%	5.5%
Walked	0.0%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	20.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckley	Wedgewood
1-unit, detached	84.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buckley	Wedgewood
Poverty rate	10.3%	0.0%
Average household size	3.36	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	2001	1995