Owosso vs Perry

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

Owosso and Perry 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 2,198 in Perry). Perry has the higher median household income ($73,468 vs $53,702 in Owosso). Perry has the higher median home value ($144,400 vs $121,500 in Owosso).

Population, income & housing

	Owosso	Perry
Population	14,658	2,198
Median age	38.1 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,702	$73,468
Median home value	$121,500	$144,400
Median gross rent	$831	$931
Housing units	7,090	961
Homeownership rate	66.2%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Owosso	Perry
Population	14,536 → 14,658 (+0.8%)	2,173 → 2,198 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$45,203 → $53,702 (+18.8%)	$58,092 → $73,468 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $121,500 (+44.1%)	$105,700 → $144,400 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $831 (+13.7%)	$759 → $931 (+22.7%)

Owosso

Population

14,53614,658

Median household income

$45,203$53,702

Median home value

$84,300$121,500

Median gross rent

$731$831

Perry

Population

2,1732,198

Median household income

$58,092$73,468

Median home value

$105,700$144,400

Median gross rent

$759$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Owosso	Perry
Under 5	5.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	16.3%	18.3%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	18.1%
35 to 44	14.2%	17.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	9.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	9.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.8%
75 and over	5.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Owosso	Perry
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	96.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Owosso	Perry
No high school diploma	9.8%	6.4%
High school graduate	32.2%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Owosso	Perry
Drove alone	79.6%	77.2%
Carpooled	10.7%	12.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	8.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Owosso	Perry
1-unit, detached	69.9%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	11.7%
20 or more units	4.6%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Owosso	Perry
Poverty rate	15.6%	16.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1951	1972