Livingston County vs Washtenaw County

A side-by-side comparison of Livingston County and Washtenaw County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Washtenaw County has the higher population (368,394 vs 195,143 in Livingston County). Livingston County has the higher median household income ($101,315 vs $87,156 in Washtenaw County). Washtenaw County has the higher median home value ($353,000 vs $331,100 in Livingston County).

Population, income & housing

	Livingston County	Washtenaw County
Population	195,143	368,394
Median age	43.8 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$101,315	$87,156
Median home value	$331,100	$353,000
Median gross rent	$1,236	$1,400
Housing units	79,520	158,115
Homeownership rate	86.6%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.2%	58.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Livingston County	Washtenaw County
Population	189,754 → 195,143 (+2.8%)	367,000 → 368,394 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$84,221 → $101,315 (+20.3%)	$72,586 → $87,156 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$247,100 → $331,100 (+34.0%)	$263,600 → $353,000 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,053 → $1,236 (+17.4%)	$1,114 → $1,400 (+25.7%)

Livingston County

Population

189,754195,143

Median household income

$84,221$101,315

Median home value

$247,100$331,100

Median gross rent

$1,053$1,236

Washtenaw County

Population

367,000368,394

Median household income

$72,586$87,156

Median home value

$263,600$353,000

Median gross rent

$1,114$1,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Livingston County	Washtenaw County
Under 5	4.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	13.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	17.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	16.0%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.2%
75 and over	7.1%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Livingston County	Washtenaw County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	67.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	8.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.5%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Livingston County	Washtenaw County
No high school diploma	3.8%	4.2%
High school graduate	24.6%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Livingston County	Washtenaw County
Drove alone	78.2%	61.9%
Carpooled	5.6%	6.3%
Public transit	0.2%	3.8%
Walked	1.0%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	20.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Livingston County	Washtenaw County
1-unit, detached	79.2%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	16.8%
20 or more units	2.4%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Livingston County	Washtenaw County
Poverty rate	4.9%	13.8%
Average household size	2.56	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1990	1978