DeWitt vs Ovid

A side-by-side comparison of DeWitt and Ovid: population, income, housing, and more.

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

DeWitt has the higher population (4,774 vs 1,331 in Ovid). DeWitt has the higher median household income ($105,857 vs $49,094 in Ovid). DeWitt has the higher median home value ($303,200 vs $92,000 in Ovid).

Population, income & housing

	DeWitt	Ovid
Population	4,774	1,331
Median age	42.0 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$105,857	$49,094
Median home value	$303,200	$92,000
Median gross rent	$1,088	$844
Housing units	1,793	604
Homeownership rate	78.6%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	DeWitt	Ovid
Population	4,691 → 4,774 (+1.8%)	1,698 → 1,331 (-21.6%)
Median household income	$96,023 → $105,857 (+10.2%)	$48,250 → $49,094 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$205,200 → $303,200 (+47.8%)	$73,500 → $92,000 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$999 → $1,088 (+8.9%)	$643 → $844 (+31.3%)

DeWitt

Population

4,6914,774

Median household income

$96,023$105,857

Median home value

$205,200$303,200

Median gross rent

$999$1,088

Ovid

Population

1,6981,331

Median household income

$48,250$49,094

Median home value

$73,500$92,000

Median gross rent

$643$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	DeWitt	Ovid
Under 5	4.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.0%	21.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	15.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.6%	6.5%
75 and over	9.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	DeWitt	Ovid
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	82.9%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	DeWitt	Ovid
No high school diploma	2.5%	10.0%
High school graduate	19.8%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	21.2%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	DeWitt	Ovid
Drove alone	73.5%	77.0%
Carpooled	7.5%	8.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	8.5%
Other means	0.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	DeWitt	Ovid
1-unit, detached	75.7%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	DeWitt	Ovid
Poverty rate	4.2%	19.3%
Average household size	2.67	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1986	1950