Bay View vs Oden

A side-by-side comparison of Bay View and Oden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oden has the higher population (492 vs 153 in Bay View). Bay View has the higher median home value ($440,700 vs $123,000 in Oden). Since 2019, Oden's population has grown faster (+16.0% vs -40.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Bay View	Oden
Population	153	492
Median age	68.7 yrs	25.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$61,132
Median home value	$440,700	$123,000
Housing units	593	286
Homeownership rate	74.5%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.1%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay View	Oden
Population	256 → 153 (-40.2%)	424 → 492 (+16.0%)
Median household income	—	$43,357 → $61,132 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$295,000 → $440,700 (+49.4%)	$71,700 → $123,000 (+71.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$599 → $610 (+1.8%)

Bay View

Population

256153

Median home value

$295,000$440,700

Oden

Population

424492

Median household income

$43,357$61,132

Median home value

$71,700$123,000

Median gross rent

$599$610

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay View	Oden
Under 5	0.0%	16.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	4.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	28.7%
25 to 34	10.5%	20.5%
35 to 44	20.9%	9.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	16.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	39.9%	0.0%
75 and over	14.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay View	Oden
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	9.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay View	Oden
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.5%
High school graduate	14.4%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	43.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay View	Oden
Drove alone	26.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	73.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay View	Oden
1-unit, detached	100.0%	44.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	33.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	22.4%

Poverty & households

	Bay View	Oden
Poverty rate	6.5%	37.2%
Average household size	1.50	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	—	17
Median year structure built	1938	1984