Dorr vs Otsego

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

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

Otsego has the higher population (4,079 vs 3,952 in Dorr). Dorr has the higher median household income ($95,575 vs $76,944 in Otsego). Dorr has the higher median home value ($262,400 vs $155,500 in Otsego).

Population, income & housing

	Dorr	Otsego
Population	3,952	4,079
Median age	32.4 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$95,575	$76,944
Median home value	$262,400	$155,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,133
Housing units	1,461	1,646
Homeownership rate	98.1%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorr	Otsego
Population	4,282 → 3,952 (-7.7%)	3,985 → 4,079 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$77,862 → $95,575 (+22.7%)	$46,446 → $76,944 (+65.7%)
Median home value	$188,000 → $262,400 (+39.6%)	$116,700 → $155,500 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $1,077 (+96.9%)	$727 → $1,133 (+55.8%)

Dorr

Population

4,2823,952

Median household income

$77,862$95,575

Median home value

$188,000$262,400

Median gross rent

$547$1,077

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)

	Dorr	Otsego
Under 5	4.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	31.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	15.2%	16.5%
45 to 54	9.5%	9.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	19.4%
65 to 74	6.1%	6.1%
75 and over	1.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorr	Otsego
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	73.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	8.6%
Two or more races	2.2%	10.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorr	Otsego
No high school diploma	13.0%	13.5%
High school graduate	36.0%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorr	Otsego
Drove alone	83.8%	85.4%
Carpooled	4.4%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorr	Otsego
1-unit, detached	97.1%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dorr	Otsego
Poverty rate	3.4%	3.4%
Average household size	2.90	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1982	1956