Deerfield vs Onsted

A side-by-side comparison of Deerfield and Onsted: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Onsted has the higher population (1,283 vs 889 in Deerfield). Deerfield has the higher median household income ($73,462 vs $65,349 in Onsted). Onsted has the higher median home value ($166,500 vs $159,200 in Deerfield).

Population, income & housing

	Deerfield	Onsted
Population	889	1,283
Median age	41.4 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,462	$65,349
Median home value	$159,200	$166,500
Median gross rent	$844	$811
Housing units	400	506
Homeownership rate	87.9%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deerfield	Onsted
Population	1,052 → 889 (-15.5%)	1,132 → 1,283 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$65,481 → $73,462 (+12.2%)	$53,580 → $65,349 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$120,400 → $159,200 (+32.2%)	$128,300 → $166,500 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $844 (+20.6%)	$653 → $811 (+24.2%)

Deerfield

Population

1,052889

Median household income

$65,481$73,462

Median home value

$120,400$159,200

Median gross rent

$700$844

Onsted

Population

1,1321,283

Median household income

$53,580$65,349

Median home value

$128,300$166,500

Median gross rent

$653$811

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deerfield	Onsted
Under 5	5.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.9%	18.7%
18 to 24	9.4%	12.4%
25 to 34	15.3%	14.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	7.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	18.7%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	7.3%
75 and over	5.5%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deerfield	Onsted
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deerfield	Onsted
No high school diploma	5.7%	4.5%
High school graduate	42.1%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deerfield	Onsted
Drove alone	89.8%	81.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deerfield	Onsted
1-unit, detached	93.0%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Deerfield	Onsted
Poverty rate	8.9%	7.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1954	1975