Owendale vs Port Austin

A side-by-side comparison of Owendale and Port Austin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Austin has the higher population (676 vs 207 in Owendale). Owendale has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $46,000 in Port Austin). Port Austin has the higher median home value ($162,100 vs $65,000 in Owendale).

Population, income & housing

	Owendale	Port Austin
Population	207	676
Median age	36.8 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,000	$46,000
Median home value	$65,000	$162,100
Median gross rent	$933	$676
Housing units	97	653
Homeownership rate	92.7%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Owendale	Port Austin
Population	274 → 207 (-24.5%)	704 → 676 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$35,417 → $60,000 (+69.4%)	$49,464 → $46,000 (-7.0%)
Median home value	$53,100 → $65,000 (+22.4%)	$130,300 → $162,100 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$542 → $933 (+72.1%)	$575 → $676 (+17.6%)

Owendale

Population

274207

Median household income

$35,417$60,000

Median home value

$53,100$65,000

Median gross rent

$542$933

Port Austin

Population

704676

Median household income

$49,464$46,000

Median home value

$130,300$162,100

Median gross rent

$575$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Owendale	Port Austin
Under 5	3.9%	3.4%
5 to 17	23.2%	4.9%
18 to 24	8.7%	15.1%
25 to 34	9.7%	7.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	6.7%
45 to 54	8.2%	7.0%
55 to 64	15.9%	18.8%
65 to 74	7.7%	22.3%
75 and over	9.7%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Owendale	Port Austin
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Owendale	Port Austin
No high school diploma	15.0%	9.3%
High school graduate	51.9%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Owendale	Port Austin
Drove alone	92.9%	68.7%
Carpooled	2.4%	11.7%
Public transit	1.2%	3.3%
Walked	1.2%	8.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.8%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Owendale	Port Austin
1-unit, detached	85.6%	62.6%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	15.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Owendale	Port Austin
Poverty rate	14.1%	19.5%
Average household size	2.52	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1960	1979