Mason vs Okemos

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

Mason 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 8,239 in Mason). Okemos has the higher median household income ($97,603 vs $79,521 in Mason). Okemos has the higher median home value ($336,800 vs $194,600 in Mason).

Population, income & housing

	Mason	Okemos
Population	8,239	25,503
Median age	41.1 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$79,521	$97,603
Median home value	$194,600	$336,800
Median gross rent	$1,103	$1,250
Housing units	3,621	11,025
Homeownership rate	68.7%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	74.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mason	Okemos
Population	8,487 → 8,239 (-2.9%)	24,141 → 25,503 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$59,388 → $79,521 (+33.9%)	$78,600 → $97,603 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$135,000 → $194,600 (+44.1%)	$243,200 → $336,800 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,103 (+14.7%)	$989 → $1,250 (+26.4%)

Mason

Population

8,4878,239

Median household income

$59,388$79,521

Median home value

$135,000$194,600

Median gross rent

$962$1,103

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)

	Mason	Okemos
Under 5	4.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	15.2%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	15.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	9.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.4%
75 and over	7.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mason	Okemos
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	62.5%
Black or African American	3.3%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.8%
Asian	0.8%	19.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mason	Okemos
No high school diploma	6.8%	2.4%
High school graduate	26.5%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	42.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mason	Okemos
Drove alone	79.2%	66.4%
Carpooled	5.6%	6.4%
Public transit	0.2%	2.5%
Walked	1.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.5%	19.5%
Other means	0.5%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mason	Okemos
1-unit, detached	52.8%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	21.1%	16.1%
20 or more units	2.7%	20.1%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Mason	Okemos
Poverty rate	6.5%	12.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1980	1984