Otsego vs Wayland

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

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

Wayland has the higher population (4,430 vs 4,079 in Otsego). Otsego has the higher median household income ($76,944 vs $71,797 in Wayland). Wayland has the higher median home value ($201,200 vs $155,500 in Otsego).

Population, income & housing

	Otsego	Wayland
Population	4,079	4,430
Median age	39.3 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,944	$71,797
Median home value	$155,500	$201,200
Median gross rent	$1,133	$1,085
Housing units	1,646	1,851
Homeownership rate	72.2%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Otsego	Wayland
Population	3,985 → 4,079 (+2.4%)	4,197 → 4,430 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$46,446 → $76,944 (+65.7%)	$54,886 → $71,797 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$116,700 → $155,500 (+33.2%)	$126,400 → $201,200 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $1,133 (+55.8%)	$779 → $1,085 (+39.3%)

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

Wayland

Population

4,1974,430

Median household income

$54,886$71,797

Median home value

$126,400$201,200

Median gross rent

$779$1,085

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Otsego	Wayland
Under 5	6.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	18.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	11.7%
25 to 34	10.6%	14.4%
35 to 44	16.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	19.4%	8.7%
65 to 74	6.1%	10.8%
75 and over	6.8%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Otsego	Wayland
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	8.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Otsego	Wayland
No high school diploma	13.5%	5.0%
High school graduate	37.3%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Otsego	Wayland
Drove alone	85.4%	73.9%
Carpooled	10.9%	9.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	9.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	6.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Otsego	Wayland
1-unit, detached	77.2%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	16.2%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Otsego	Wayland
Poverty rate	3.4%	10.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1956	1977