Ovid vs Wacousta

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

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

Wacousta has the higher population (1,686 vs 1,331 in Ovid). Wacousta has the higher median household income ($126,471 vs $49,094 in Ovid). Wacousta has the higher median home value ($271,200 vs $92,000 in Ovid).

Population, income & housing

	Ovid	Wacousta
Population	1,331	1,686
Median age	36.3 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,094	$126,471
Median home value	$92,000	$271,200
Median gross rent	$844	—
Housing units	604	688
Homeownership rate	64.1%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ovid	Wacousta
Population	1,698 → 1,331 (-21.6%)	1,571 → 1,686 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$48,250 → $49,094 (+1.7%)	$83,472 → $126,471 (+51.5%)
Median home value	$73,500 → $92,000 (+25.2%)	$192,500 → $271,200 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $844 (+31.3%)	$910 → $1,270 (+39.6%)

Ovid

Population

1,6981,331

Median household income

$48,250$49,094

Median home value

$73,500$92,000

Median gross rent

$643$844

Wacousta

Population

1,5711,686

Median household income

$83,472$126,471

Median home value

$192,500$271,200

Median gross rent

$910$1,270

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ovid	Wacousta
Under 5	6.3%	2.8%
5 to 17	21.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	1.7%
25 to 34	12.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	17.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	15.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	16.5%
65 to 74	6.5%	7.5%
75 and over	7.7%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ovid	Wacousta
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
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	8.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ovid	Wacousta
No high school diploma	10.0%	1.8%
High school graduate	45.3%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ovid	Wacousta
Drove alone	77.0%	91.5%
Carpooled	8.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	8.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ovid	Wacousta
1-unit, detached	68.0%	99.6%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ovid	Wacousta
Poverty rate	19.3%	1.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1950	1973