Allegan vs Otsego

A side-by-side comparison of Allegan and Otsego: population, income, housing, and more.

Allegan and Otsego are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Allegan has the higher population (5,182 vs 4,079 in Otsego). Otsego has the higher median household income ($76,944 vs $42,261 in Allegan). Allegan has the higher median home value ($161,100 vs $155,500 in Otsego).

Population, income & housing

	Allegan	Otsego
Population	5,182	4,079
Median age	32.4 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,261	$76,944
Median home value	$161,100	$155,500
Median gross rent	$1,024	$1,133
Housing units	2,031	1,646
Homeownership rate	67.2%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allegan	Otsego
Population	5,036 → 5,182 (+2.9%)	3,985 → 4,079 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$45,722 → $42,261 (-7.6%)	$46,446 → $76,944 (+65.7%)
Median home value	$122,100 → $161,100 (+31.9%)	$116,700 → $155,500 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $1,024 (+22.6%)	$727 → $1,133 (+55.8%)

Allegan

Population

5,0365,182

Median household income

$45,722$42,261

Median home value

$122,100$161,100

Median gross rent

$835$1,024

Otsego

Population

3,9854,079

Median household income

$46,446$76,944

Median home value

$116,700$155,500

Median gross rent

$727$1,133

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allegan	Otsego
Under 5	7.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.2%	16.7%
18 to 24	17.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	10.6%
35 to 44	6.5%	16.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	9.0%
55 to 64	17.6%	19.4%
65 to 74	8.1%	6.1%
75 and over	5.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allegan	Otsego
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	73.6%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	8.6%
Two or more races	7.9%	10.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allegan	Otsego
No high school diploma	8.5%	13.5%
High school graduate	41.5%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allegan	Otsego
Drove alone	79.1%	85.4%
Carpooled	8.3%	10.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allegan	Otsego
1-unit, detached	70.4%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	10.3%
20 or more units	5.4%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Allegan	Otsego
Poverty rate	15.1%	3.4%
Average household size	2.55	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1944	1956