Oscoda vs Sand Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Oscoda and Sand Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sand Lake has the higher population (1,214 vs 757 in Oscoda). Sand Lake has the higher median household income ($49,615 vs $37,188 in Oscoda). Sand Lake has the higher median home value ($139,300 vs $71,800 in Oscoda).

Population, income & housing

	Oscoda	Sand Lake
Population	757	1,214
Median age	54.5 yrs	61.9 yrs
Median household income	$37,188	$49,615
Median home value	$71,800	$139,300
Median gross rent	—	$633
Housing units	585	1,664
Homeownership rate	77.8%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oscoda	Sand Lake
Population	743 → 757 (+1.9%)	1,407 → 1,214 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$40,078 → $37,188 (-7.2%)	$36,684 → $49,615 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $71,800 (-14.8%)	$94,700 → $139,300 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $724 (+23.5%)	$612 → $633 (+3.4%)

Oscoda

Population

743757

Median household income

$40,078$37,188

Median home value

$84,300$71,800

Median gross rent

$586$724

Sand Lake

Population

1,4071,214

Median household income

$36,684$49,615

Median home value

$94,700$139,300

Median gross rent

$612$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oscoda	Sand Lake
Under 5	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	8.3%	7.0%
18 to 24	12.8%	2.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	8.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	4.5%
45 to 54	9.1%	8.0%
55 to 64	26.4%	28.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	22.3%
75 and over	10.7%	16.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oscoda	Sand Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oscoda	Sand Lake
No high school diploma	9.2%	11.3%
High school graduate	26.8%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oscoda	Sand Lake
Drove alone	81.3%	77.9%
Carpooled	9.6%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oscoda	Sand Lake
1-unit, detached	74.2%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.2%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Oscoda	Sand Lake
Poverty rate	14.4%	17.5%
Average household size	1.91	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	11	37
Median year structure built	1965	1970