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Wellston, MI

353 Population
1 square miles 362.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±6.4 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Manistee County: 50.3 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$18,592 ±$5,086 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Manistee County: $36,023 ±$1,885
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,333 ±$25,020 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Manistee County: $63,516 ±$2,576
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.4% ±4.5% (26  ±20) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Manistee County: 12.7% † 3,038 (±1.7% / ±396)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.7 minutes ±12.3 (1,020  ±494) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Manistee County: 21.7 190,825 (±0.8 / ±10,292)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

102 ±29 Number of households
  • Manistee County: 10,561 ±280
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.5 ±1.3 (353  ±165) Persons per household
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Manistee County: 2.3 23,886 (±0.1 / ±51)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

37.9% ±24.7% (25  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Manistee County: 7% † 299 (±2.4% / ±102)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

250 ±58 Number of housing units
  • Manistee County: 15,713 ±42
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$108,200 ±$31,970 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Manistee County: $182,200 ±$10,645
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10% ±11.2% (33  ±39.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Manistee County: 10% † 2,511 (±1.3% / ±335.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

68.2% ±35.8% (159  ±49.1) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Manistee County: 92.2% 17,956 (±3% / ±578.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
3% ±10.8% (7  ±25.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Manistee County: 24.9% 4,854 (±1.6% / ±319.1)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about 10 percent of 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

1.4% ±1.9% (5  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Manistee County: 1.6% 395
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

1.7% ±1.5% (5  ±5) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Manistee County: 8.2% 1,727 (±0.8% / ±170)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
5 Total veterans ±5 5 Male ±5 N/A Female ±11

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