Au Sable vs Oscoda

A side-by-side comparison of Au Sable and Oscoda: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Au Sable has the higher population (1,780 vs 757 in Oscoda). Au Sable has the higher median household income ($46,369 vs $37,188 in Oscoda). Au Sable has the higher median home value ($107,900 vs $71,800 in Oscoda).

Population, income & housing

	Au Sable	Oscoda
Population	1,780	757
Median age	45.8 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,369	$37,188
Median home value	$107,900	$71,800
Median gross rent	$914	—
Housing units	830	585
Homeownership rate	87.0%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Au Sable	Oscoda
Population	1,488 → 1,780 (+19.6%)	743 → 757 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$42,773 → $46,369 (+8.4%)	$40,078 → $37,188 (-7.2%)
Median home value	$73,500 → $107,900 (+46.8%)	$84,300 → $71,800 (-14.8%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $914 (+22.8%)	$586 → $724 (+23.5%)

Au Sable

Population

1,4881,780

Median household income

$42,773$46,369

Median home value

$73,500$107,900

Median gross rent

$744$914

Oscoda

Population

743757

Median household income

$40,078$37,188

Median home value

$84,300$71,800

Median gross rent

$586$724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Au Sable	Oscoda
Under 5	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.6%	8.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	12.8%
25 to 34	13.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	8.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	9.1%
55 to 64	17.2%	26.4%
65 to 74	14.4%	10.8%
75 and over	8.5%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Au Sable	Oscoda
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	6.6%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Au Sable	Oscoda
No high school diploma	18.4%	9.2%
High school graduate	31.2%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Au Sable	Oscoda
Drove alone	78.1%	81.3%
Carpooled	13.9%	9.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	6.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Au Sable	Oscoda
1-unit, detached	94.1%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Au Sable	Oscoda
Poverty rate	13.9%	14.4%
Average household size	2.38	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	18	11
Median year structure built	1972	1965