Delta County vs Wexford County

A side-by-side comparison of Delta County and Wexford County: population, income, housing, and more.

Delta County and Wexford County are counties in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Delta County has the higher population (36,829 vs 33,868 in Wexford County). Wexford County has the higher median household income ($63,123 vs $54,829 in Delta County). Wexford County has the higher median home value ($160,300 vs $146,800 in Delta County).

Population, income & housing

	Delta County	Wexford County
Population	36,829	33,868
Median age	47.8 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,829	$63,123
Median home value	$146,800	$160,300
Median gross rent	$698	$877
Housing units	19,841	16,532
Homeownership rate	78.6%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delta County	Wexford County
Population	36,026 → 36,829 (+2.2%)	33,256 → 33,868 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$47,434 → $54,829 (+15.6%)	$47,193 → $63,123 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$114,300 → $146,800 (+28.4%)	$108,300 → $160,300 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $698 (+19.5%)	$706 → $877 (+24.2%)

Delta County

Population

36,02636,829

Median household income

$47,434$54,829

Median home value

$114,300$146,800

Median gross rent

$584$698

Wexford County

Population

33,25633,868

Median household income

$47,193$63,123

Median home value

$108,300$160,300

Median gross rent

$706$877

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delta County	Wexford County
Under 5	4.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.7%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	15.5%	12.2%
75 and over	10.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delta County	Wexford County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.3%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delta County	Wexford County
No high school diploma	7.6%	10.0%
High school graduate	35.1%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delta County	Wexford County
Drove alone	80.8%	77.5%
Carpooled	9.5%	11.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.4%
Walked	2.3%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.5%	5.8%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delta County	Wexford County
1-unit, detached	78.5%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	2.6%
20 or more units	3.9%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Delta County	Wexford County
Poverty rate	14.0%	12.9%
Average household size	2.28	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1968	1979