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Wacousta, MI

1,711 Population
8.9 square miles 191.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 36.5 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$69,587 ±$28,793 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $39,863 ±$677
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$109,250 ±$26,472 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $72,550 ±$1,364
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.8% ±3% (47  ±53) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 13.5% 60,985 (±0.6% / ±2,719)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.4 minutes ±4.2 (16,095  ±5,926) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 21.6 4,159,285 (±0.3 / ±81,335)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

737 ±142 Number of households
  • the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 194,163 ±1,017
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (1,711  ±398) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 2.3 452,006 (±0 / ±418)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.5% ±5.2% (10  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 3.9% † 4,584 (±0.4% / ±464)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

737 ±142 Number of housing units
  • the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 207,300 ±215
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$283,700 ±$25,674 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: $216,700 ±$2,805
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.3% ±7.4% (124  ±129.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 15.3% 71,709 (±0.6% / ±2,715.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.2% ±0.7% (1,277  ±265.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 94.1% 291,846 (±1.2% / ±3,678.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
51.5% ±10.5% (670  ±195) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 37.5% 116,437 (±0.8% / ±2,329.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.7% ±3.8% (80  ±67) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 7.1% 33,308
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±5.3% (86  ±72) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area: 5.6% 21,280 (±0.2% / ±778)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
86 Total veterans ±72 86 Male ±72 N/A Female ±11

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