Oscoda vs Tawas City

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

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

Tawas City has the higher population (1,654 vs 757 in Oscoda). Tawas City has the higher median household income ($46,797 vs $37,188 in Oscoda). Tawas City has the higher median home value ($124,000 vs $71,800 in Oscoda).

Population, income & housing

	Oscoda	Tawas City
Population	757	1,654
Median age	54.5 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$37,188	$46,797
Median home value	$71,800	$124,000
Median gross rent	—	$810
Housing units	585	931
Homeownership rate	77.8%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oscoda	Tawas City
Population	743 → 757 (+1.9%)	1,881 → 1,654 (-12.1%)
Median household income	$40,078 → $37,188 (-7.2%)	$49,226 → $46,797 (-4.9%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $71,800 (-14.8%)	$96,300 → $124,000 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $724 (+23.5%)	$707 → $810 (+14.6%)

Oscoda

Population

743757

Median household income

$40,078$37,188

Median home value

$84,300$71,800

Median gross rent

$586$724

Tawas City

Population

1,8811,654

Median household income

$49,226$46,797

Median home value

$96,300$124,000

Median gross rent

$707$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oscoda	Tawas City
Under 5	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	8.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	12.8%	4.6%
25 to 34	9.9%	10.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	9.1%	9.7%
55 to 64	26.4%	17.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	15.4%
75 and over	10.7%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oscoda	Tawas City
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oscoda	Tawas City
No high school diploma	9.2%	10.1%
High school graduate	26.8%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oscoda	Tawas City
Drove alone	81.3%	82.6%
Carpooled	9.6%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oscoda	Tawas City
1-unit, detached	74.2%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	11.1%
20 or more units	6.2%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Oscoda	Tawas City
Poverty rate	14.4%	11.2%
Average household size	1.91	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	11	17
Median year structure built	1965	1968