Okemos vs Williamston

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

Okemos and Williamston 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 3,800 in Williamston). Okemos has the higher median household income ($97,603 vs $73,902 in Williamston). Okemos has the higher median home value ($336,800 vs $215,000 in Williamston).

Population, income & housing

	Okemos	Williamston
Population	25,503	3,800
Median age	35.4 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$97,603	$73,902
Median home value	$336,800	$215,000
Median gross rent	$1,250	$972
Housing units	11,025	1,836
Homeownership rate	60.1%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.3%	46.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Okemos	Williamston
Population	24,141 → 25,503 (+5.6%)	3,959 → 3,800 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$78,600 → $97,603 (+24.2%)	$68,950 → $73,902 (+7.2%)
Median home value	$243,200 → $336,800 (+38.5%)	$161,900 → $215,000 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$989 → $1,250 (+26.4%)	$803 → $972 (+21.0%)

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

Williamston

Population

3,9593,800

Median household income

$68,950$73,902

Median home value

$161,900$215,000

Median gross rent

$803$972

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Okemos	Williamston
Under 5	5.5%	10.1%
5 to 17	17.4%	15.8%
18 to 24	15.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	9.0%	16.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.5%
75 and over	6.3%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Okemos	Williamston
White (non-Hispanic)	62.5%	93.9%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	19.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Okemos	Williamston
No high school diploma	2.4%	2.5%
High school graduate	7.6%	12.2%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.5%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	42.8%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Okemos	Williamston
Drove alone	66.4%	78.2%
Carpooled	6.4%	5.6%
Public transit	2.5%	0.1%
Walked	2.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	14.6%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Okemos	Williamston
1-unit, detached	57.7%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	16.1%	15.2%
20 or more units	20.1%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Okemos	Williamston
Poverty rate	12.9%	8.3%
Average household size	2.50	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	19	31
Median year structure built	1984	1978