Fennville vs Otsego

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

Fennville 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 1,880 in Fennville). Otsego has the higher median household income ($76,944 vs $65,268 in Fennville). Otsego has the higher median home value ($155,500 vs $128,900 in Fennville).

Population, income & housing

	Fennville	Otsego
Population	1,880	4,079
Median age	26.9 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,268	$76,944
Median home value	$128,900	$155,500
Median gross rent	$791	$1,133
Housing units	684	1,646
Homeownership rate	63.3%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fennville	Otsego
Population	1,876 → 1,880 (+0.2%)	3,985 → 4,079 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$52,850 → $65,268 (+23.5%)	$46,446 → $76,944 (+65.7%)
Median home value	$97,900 → $128,900 (+31.7%)	$116,700 → $155,500 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $791 (+6.7%)	$727 → $1,133 (+55.8%)

Fennville

Population

1,8761,880

Median household income

$52,850$65,268

Median home value

$97,900$128,900

Median gross rent

$741$791

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)

	Fennville	Otsego
Under 5	7.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	22.9%	16.7%
18 to 24	13.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	20.1%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	16.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	9.0%
55 to 64	9.5%	19.4%
65 to 74	5.7%	6.1%
75 and over	1.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fennville	Otsego
White (non-Hispanic)	48.0%	73.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	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	0.0%	8.6%
Two or more races	3.4%	10.6%
Hispanic or Latino	48.4%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fennville	Otsego
No high school diploma	19.0%	13.5%
High school graduate	51.7%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fennville	Otsego
Drove alone	80.6%	85.4%
Carpooled	11.8%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	6.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	3.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fennville	Otsego
1-unit, detached	52.0%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	10.3%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	24.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fennville	Otsego
Poverty rate	24.3%	3.4%
Average household size	3.08	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1974	1956