Haslett vs Okemos

A side-by-side comparison of Haslett and Okemos: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Okemos has the higher population (25,503 vs 19,025 in Haslett). Okemos has the higher median household income ($97,603 vs $74,164 in Haslett). Okemos has the higher median home value ($336,800 vs $269,200 in Haslett).

Population, income & housing

	Haslett	Okemos
Population	19,025	25,503
Median age	41.1 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,164	$97,603
Median home value	$269,200	$336,800
Median gross rent	$1,083	$1,250
Housing units	9,646	11,025
Homeownership rate	58.0%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.0%	74.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haslett	Okemos
Population	19,565 → 19,025 (-2.8%)	24,141 → 25,503 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$69,601 → $74,164 (+6.6%)	$78,600 → $97,603 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$198,400 → $269,200 (+35.7%)	$243,200 → $336,800 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$871 → $1,083 (+24.3%)	$989 → $1,250 (+26.4%)

Haslett

Population

19,56519,025

Median household income

$69,601$74,164

Median home value

$198,400$269,200

Median gross rent

$871$1,083

Okemos

Population

24,14125,503

Median household income

$78,600$97,603

Median home value

$243,200$336,800

Median gross rent

$989$1,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haslett	Okemos
Under 5	3.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	15.2%
25 to 34	17.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	9.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	9.4%
75 and over	9.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haslett	Okemos
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	62.5%
Black or African American	3.3%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.8%
Asian	6.4%	19.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haslett	Okemos
No high school diploma	2.0%	2.4%
High school graduate	13.4%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	29.1%	42.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haslett	Okemos
Drove alone	72.2%	66.4%
Carpooled	4.8%	6.4%
Public transit	1.0%	2.5%
Walked	1.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	19.7%	19.5%
Other means	0.1%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haslett	Okemos
1-unit, detached	50.5%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	24.8%	16.1%
20 or more units	8.7%	20.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Haslett	Okemos
Poverty rate	10.0%	12.9%
Average household size	2.03	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1981	1984