Huron County vs Wexford County

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

Huron 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.

Wexford County has the higher population (33,868 vs 31,258 in Huron County). Wexford County has the higher median household income ($63,123 vs $56,963 in Huron County). Wexford County has the higher median home value ($160,300 vs $141,300 in Huron County).

Population, income & housing

	Huron County	Wexford County
Population	31,258	33,868
Median age	49.4 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,963	$63,123
Median home value	$141,300	$160,300
Median gross rent	$743	$877
Housing units	20,372	16,532
Homeownership rate	82.1%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huron County	Wexford County
Population	31,349 → 31,258 (-0.3%)	33,256 → 33,868 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$48,289 → $56,963 (+18.0%)	$47,193 → $63,123 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$103,900 → $141,300 (+36.0%)	$108,300 → $160,300 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $743 (+22.0%)	$706 → $877 (+24.2%)

Huron County

Population

31,34931,258

Median household income

$48,289$56,963

Median home value

$103,900$141,300

Median gross rent

$609$743

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)

	Huron County	Wexford County
Under 5	4.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	16.5%	14.6%
65 to 74	15.9%	12.2%
75 and over	10.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huron County	Wexford County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huron County	Wexford County
No high school diploma	8.1%	10.0%
High school graduate	41.1%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huron County	Wexford County
Drove alone	79.5%	77.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	11.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.4%
Walked	3.7%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.7%	5.8%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huron County	Wexford County
1-unit, detached	85.9%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	1.6%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Huron County	Wexford County
Poverty rate	12.2%	12.9%
Average household size	2.22	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1967	1979