Montrose vs Otisville

A side-by-side comparison of Montrose and Otisville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Montrose has the higher population (2,057 vs 955 in Otisville). Otisville has the higher median household income ($60,500 vs $44,625 in Montrose). Montrose has the higher median home value ($109,700 vs $102,300 in Otisville).

Population, income & housing

	Montrose	Otisville
Population	2,057	955
Median age	32.0 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,625	$60,500
Median home value	$109,700	$102,300
Median gross rent	$801	$766
Housing units	886	451
Homeownership rate	57.5%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montrose	Otisville
Population	1,660 → 2,057 (+23.9%)	968 → 955 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$41,354 → $44,625 (+7.9%)	$47,250 → $60,500 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$81,800 → $109,700 (+34.1%)	$64,100 → $102,300 (+59.6%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $801 (+27.1%)	$683 → $766 (+12.2%)

Montrose

Population

1,6602,057

Median household income

$41,354$44,625

Median home value

$81,800$109,700

Median gross rent

$630$801

Otisville

Population

968955

Median household income

$47,250$60,500

Median home value

$64,100$102,300

Median gross rent

$683$766

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montrose	Otisville
Under 5	7.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	21.4%	16.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.3%	12.3%
35 to 44	9.4%	9.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	15.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	17.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	8.7%
75 and over	5.0%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montrose	Otisville
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	94.5%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montrose	Otisville
No high school diploma	13.3%	14.1%
High school graduate	38.5%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montrose	Otisville
Drove alone	85.4%	79.8%
Carpooled	3.4%	6.5%
Public transit	3.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	9.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	3.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montrose	Otisville
1-unit, detached	70.0%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	4.2%
20 or more units	2.1%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Montrose	Otisville
Poverty rate	25.8%	13.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1963	1957