Fowler vs Ovid

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

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

Fowler has the higher population (1,446 vs 1,331 in Ovid). Fowler has the higher median household income ($72,261 vs $49,094 in Ovid). Fowler has the higher median home value ($194,400 vs $92,000 in Ovid).

Population, income & housing

	Fowler	Ovid
Population	1,446	1,331
Median age	42.5 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,261	$49,094
Median home value	$194,400	$92,000
Median gross rent	$779	$844
Housing units	634	604
Homeownership rate	86.3%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fowler	Ovid
Population	1,369 → 1,446 (+5.6%)	1,698 → 1,331 (-21.6%)
Median household income	$59,464 → $72,261 (+21.5%)	$48,250 → $49,094 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$143,100 → $194,400 (+35.8%)	$73,500 → $92,000 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $779 (+10.2%)	$643 → $844 (+31.3%)

Fowler

Population

1,3691,446

Median household income

$59,464$72,261

Median home value

$143,100$194,400

Median gross rent

$707$779

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)

	Fowler	Ovid
Under 5	6.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	21.5%
18 to 24	9.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	6.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	15.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	16.7%	6.5%
75 and over	4.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fowler	Ovid
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	82.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fowler	Ovid
No high school diploma	2.1%	10.0%
High school graduate	24.3%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	50.9%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fowler	Ovid
Drove alone	80.8%	77.0%
Carpooled	6.4%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	8.5%
Other means	0.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fowler	Ovid
1-unit, detached	93.4%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Fowler	Ovid
Poverty rate	1.0%	19.3%
Average household size	2.38	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1963	1950