Oden vs Pellston

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

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

Pellston has the higher population (834 vs 492 in Oden). Oden has the higher median household income ($61,132 vs $59,464 in Pellston). Oden has the higher median home value ($123,000 vs $117,100 in Pellston).

Population, income & housing

	Oden	Pellston
Population	492	834
Median age	25.0 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,132	$59,464
Median home value	$123,000	$117,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,013
Housing units	286	351
Homeownership rate	47.1%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oden	Pellston
Population	424 → 492 (+16.0%)	932 → 834 (-10.5%)
Median household income	$43,357 → $61,132 (+41.0%)	$34,688 → $59,464 (+71.4%)
Median home value	$71,700 → $123,000 (+71.5%)	$86,000 → $117,100 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $610 (+1.8%)	$850 → $1,013 (+19.2%)

Oden

Population

424492

Median household income

$43,357$61,132

Median home value

$71,700$123,000

Median gross rent

$599$610

Pellston

Population

932834

Median household income

$34,688$59,464

Median home value

$86,000$117,100

Median gross rent

$850$1,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oden	Pellston
Under 5	16.7%	8.2%
5 to 17	4.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	28.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	20.5%	15.3%
35 to 44	9.1%	9.4%
45 to 54	16.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	5.3%
75 and over	4.1%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oden	Pellston
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	76.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	9.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oden	Pellston
No high school diploma	8.5%	3.5%
High school graduate	34.0%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oden	Pellston
Drove alone	100.0%	87.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oden	Pellston
1-unit, detached	44.4%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	33.2%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Oden	Pellston
Poverty rate	37.2%	17.1%
Average household size	2.58	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1984	1986