Ovid vs Westphalia

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

Ovid and Westphalia 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 890 in Westphalia). Westphalia has the higher median household income ($74,750 vs $49,094 in Ovid). Westphalia has the higher median home value ($225,700 vs $92,000 in Ovid).

Population, income & housing

	Ovid	Westphalia
Population	1,331	890
Median age	36.3 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,094	$74,750
Median home value	$92,000	$225,700
Median gross rent	$844	$883
Housing units	604	357
Homeownership rate	64.1%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ovid	Westphalia
Population	1,698 → 1,331 (-21.6%)	989 → 890 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$48,250 → $49,094 (+1.7%)	$59,196 → $74,750 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$73,500 → $92,000 (+25.2%)	$158,600 → $225,700 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $844 (+31.3%)	$688 → $883 (+28.3%)

Ovid

Population

1,6981,331

Median household income

$48,250$49,094

Median home value

$73,500$92,000

Median gross rent

$643$844

Westphalia

Population

989890

Median household income

$59,196$74,750

Median home value

$158,600$225,700

Median gross rent

$688$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ovid	Westphalia
Under 5	6.3%	9.4%
5 to 17	21.5%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.9%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	6.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	8.5%
55 to 64	13.7%	10.6%
65 to 74	6.5%	10.6%
75 and over	7.7%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ovid	Westphalia
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ovid	Westphalia
No high school diploma	10.0%	3.9%
High school graduate	45.3%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ovid	Westphalia
Drove alone	77.0%	66.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.5%	22.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ovid	Westphalia
1-unit, detached	68.0%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ovid	Westphalia
Poverty rate	19.3%	3.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1950	1967