Baraga County vs Oscoda County

A side-by-side comparison of Baraga County and Oscoda County: population, income, housing, and more.

Baraga County and Oscoda County are counties in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oscoda County has the higher population (8,338 vs 8,249 in Baraga County). Baraga County has the higher median household income ($55,117 vs $50,581 in Oscoda County). Oscoda County has the higher median home value ($126,000 vs $124,400 in Baraga County).

Population, income & housing

	Baraga County	Oscoda County
Population	8,249	8,338
Median age	46.2 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,117	$50,581
Median home value	$124,400	$126,000
Median gross rent	$557	$675
Housing units	5,071	7,705
Homeownership rate	77.0%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baraga County	Oscoda County
Population	8,421 → 8,249 (-2.0%)	8,248 → 8,338 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$46,065 → $55,117 (+19.7%)	$42,335 → $50,581 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$102,200 → $124,400 (+21.7%)	$90,500 → $126,000 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$528 → $557 (+5.5%)	$750 → $675 (-10.0%)

Baraga County

Population

8,4218,249

Median household income

$46,065$55,117

Median home value

$102,200$124,400

Median gross rent

$528$557

Oscoda County

Population

8,2488,338

Median household income

$42,335$50,581

Median home value

$90,500$126,000

Median gross rent

$750$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baraga County	Oscoda County
Under 5	4.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	13.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	13.0%	8.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	9.6%
55 to 64	15.3%	18.5%
65 to 74	14.0%	17.8%
75 and over	9.0%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baraga County	Oscoda County
White (non-Hispanic)	71.8%	93.5%
Black or African American	6.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baraga County	Oscoda County
No high school diploma	7.9%	13.9%
High school graduate	39.1%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baraga County	Oscoda County
Drove alone	79.7%	69.8%
Carpooled	11.2%	8.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.3%
Worked from home	5.0%	13.1%
Other means	1.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baraga County	Oscoda County
1-unit, detached	81.2%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.4%
20 or more units	2.5%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Baraga County	Oscoda County
Poverty rate	13.5%	15.8%
Average household size	2.16	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1973	1974