Laingsburg vs Owosso

A side-by-side comparison of Laingsburg and Owosso: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Owosso has the higher population (14,658 vs 1,640 in Laingsburg). Laingsburg has the higher median household income ($75,547 vs $53,702 in Owosso). Laingsburg has the higher median home value ($202,600 vs $121,500 in Owosso).

Population, income & housing

	Laingsburg	Owosso
Population	1,640	14,658
Median age	30.0 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,547	$53,702
Median home value	$202,600	$121,500
Median gross rent	$755	$831
Housing units	556	7,090
Homeownership rate	69.8%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laingsburg	Owosso
Population	1,264 → 1,640 (+29.7%)	14,536 → 14,658 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $75,547 (+23.3%)	$45,203 → $53,702 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$142,600 → $202,600 (+42.1%)	$84,300 → $121,500 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $755 (+3.4%)	$731 → $831 (+13.7%)

Laingsburg

Population

1,2641,640

Median household income

$61,250$75,547

Median home value

$142,600$202,600

Median gross rent

$730$755

Owosso

Population

14,53614,658

Median household income

$45,203$53,702

Median home value

$84,300$121,500

Median gross rent

$731$831

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laingsburg	Owosso
Under 5	18.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.9%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	5.7%	10.0%
75 and over	3.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laingsburg	Owosso
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	92.1%
Black or African American	3.8%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laingsburg	Owosso
No high school diploma	4.5%	9.8%
High school graduate	29.7%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laingsburg	Owosso
Drove alone	84.9%	79.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	9.2%	5.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laingsburg	Owosso
1-unit, detached	78.1%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	5.1%
20 or more units	2.2%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Laingsburg	Owosso
Poverty rate	26.3%	15.6%
Average household size	3.14	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1970	1951