Ovid vs St. Johns

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

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

St. Johns has the higher population (7,712 vs 1,331 in Ovid). St. Johns has the higher median household income ($63,030 vs $49,094 in Ovid). St. Johns has the higher median home value ($175,300 vs $92,000 in Ovid).

Population, income & housing

	Ovid	St. Johns
Population	1,331	7,712
Median age	36.3 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,094	$63,030
Median home value	$92,000	$175,300
Median gross rent	$844	$870
Housing units	604	3,430
Homeownership rate	64.1%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ovid	St. Johns
Population	1,698 → 1,331 (-21.6%)	7,898 → 7,712 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$48,250 → $49,094 (+1.7%)	$56,307 → $63,030 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$73,500 → $92,000 (+25.2%)	$122,600 → $175,300 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $844 (+31.3%)	$772 → $870 (+12.7%)

Ovid

Population

1,6981,331

Median household income

$48,250$49,094

Median home value

$73,500$92,000

Median gross rent

$643$844

St. Johns

Population

7,8987,712

Median household income

$56,307$63,030

Median home value

$122,600$175,300

Median gross rent

$772$870

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ovid	St. Johns
Under 5	6.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	21.5%	18.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	3.8%
25 to 34	12.9%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	6.5%	11.8%
75 and over	7.7%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ovid	St. Johns
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ovid	St. Johns
No high school diploma	10.0%	6.3%
High school graduate	45.3%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ovid	St. Johns
Drove alone	77.0%	75.4%
Carpooled	8.7%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	4.4%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	16.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ovid	St. Johns
1-unit, detached	68.0%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Ovid	St. Johns
Poverty rate	19.3%	13.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1950	1963