Elsie vs Ovid

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

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

Ovid has the higher population (1,331 vs 951 in Elsie). Elsie has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $49,094 in Ovid). Elsie has the higher median home value ($107,600 vs $92,000 in Ovid).

Population, income & housing

	Elsie	Ovid
Population	951	1,331
Median age	42.0 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$49,094
Median home value	$107,600	$92,000
Median gross rent	$692	$844
Housing units	444	604
Homeownership rate	80.2%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	25.7%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elsie	Ovid
Population	1,059 → 951 (-10.2%)	1,698 → 1,331 (-21.6%)
Median household income	$44,563 → $55,000 (+23.4%)	$48,250 → $49,094 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$95,500 → $107,600 (+12.7%)	$73,500 → $92,000 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $692 (-5.6%)	$643 → $844 (+31.3%)

Elsie

Population

1,059951

Median household income

$44,563$55,000

Median home value

$95,500$107,600

Median gross rent

$733$692

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)

	Elsie	Ovid
Under 5	4.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	14.0%	21.5%
18 to 24	2.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.9%
35 to 44	18.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	16.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	6.5%
75 and over	10.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elsie	Ovid
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	82.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elsie	Ovid
No high school diploma	7.9%	10.0%
High school graduate	39.4%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elsie	Ovid
Drove alone	73.4%	77.0%
Carpooled	11.3%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	8.5%
Other means	1.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elsie	Ovid
1-unit, detached	80.9%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Elsie	Ovid
Poverty rate	13.0%	19.3%
Average household size	2.24	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1958	1950