Otsego vs Plainwell

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

Otsego and Plainwell 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 3,764 in Plainwell). Otsego has the higher median household income ($76,944 vs $65,846 in Plainwell). Plainwell has the higher median home value ($191,100 vs $155,500 in Otsego).

Population, income & housing

	Otsego	Plainwell
Population	4,079	3,764
Median age	39.3 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,944	$65,846
Median home value	$155,500	$191,100
Median gross rent	$1,133	$860
Housing units	1,646	1,531
Homeownership rate	72.2%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Otsego	Plainwell
Population	3,985 → 4,079 (+2.4%)	3,785 → 3,764 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$46,446 → $76,944 (+65.7%)	$59,449 → $65,846 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$116,700 → $155,500 (+33.2%)	$131,400 → $191,100 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $1,133 (+55.8%)	$687 → $860 (+25.2%)

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

Plainwell

Population

3,7853,764

Median household income

$59,449$65,846

Median home value

$131,400$191,100

Median gross rent

$687$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Otsego	Plainwell
Under 5	6.4%	3.0%
5 to 17	16.7%	13.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	10.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	16.5%	19.5%
45 to 54	9.0%	9.2%
55 to 64	19.4%	11.8%
65 to 74	6.1%	13.3%
75 and over	6.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Otsego	Plainwell
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	8.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	10.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Otsego	Plainwell
No high school diploma	13.5%	3.9%
High school graduate	37.3%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Otsego	Plainwell
Drove alone	85.4%	81.5%
Carpooled	10.9%	10.8%
Public transit	0.1%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	4.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Otsego	Plainwell
1-unit, detached	77.2%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	5.7%
20 or more units	1.3%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Otsego	Plainwell
Poverty rate	3.4%	11.7%
Average household size	2.56	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1956	1965