East Tawas vs Oscoda

A side-by-side comparison of East Tawas and Oscoda: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Tawas has the higher population (2,686 vs 757 in Oscoda). East Tawas has the higher median household income ($41,619 vs $37,188 in Oscoda). East Tawas has the higher median home value ($114,400 vs $71,800 in Oscoda).

Population, income & housing

	East Tawas	Oscoda
Population	2,686	757
Median age	57.7 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,619	$37,188
Median home value	$114,400	$71,800
Median gross rent	$569	—
Housing units	1,911	585
Homeownership rate	70.0%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Tawas	Oscoda
Population	2,733 → 2,686 (-1.7%)	743 → 757 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$40,417 → $41,619 (+3.0%)	$40,078 → $37,188 (-7.2%)
Median home value	$95,500 → $114,400 (+19.8%)	$84,300 → $71,800 (-14.8%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $569 (-3.2%)	$586 → $724 (+23.5%)

East Tawas

Population

2,7332,686

Median household income

$40,417$41,619

Median home value

$95,500$114,400

Median gross rent

$588$569

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)

	East Tawas	Oscoda
Under 5	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.6%	8.3%
18 to 24	4.2%	12.8%
25 to 34	7.1%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	9.1%
55 to 64	18.1%	26.4%
65 to 74	23.5%	10.8%
75 and over	11.1%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Tawas	Oscoda
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	89.0%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	6.6%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Tawas	Oscoda
No high school diploma	4.9%	9.2%
High school graduate	37.3%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Tawas	Oscoda
Drove alone	59.1%	81.3%
Carpooled	16.4%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	16.1%	3.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Tawas	Oscoda
1-unit, detached	73.5%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	11.3%
20 or more units	11.1%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Tawas	Oscoda
Poverty rate	13.5%	14.4%
Average household size	1.80	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	13	11
Median year structure built	1972	1965