Cheboygan County vs Oceana County

A side-by-side comparison of Cheboygan County and Oceana County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oceana County has the higher population (26,788 vs 25,778 in Cheboygan County). Oceana County has the higher median household income ($63,624 vs $61,619 in Cheboygan County). Cheboygan County has the higher median home value ($175,200 vs $167,600 in Oceana County).

Population, income & housing

	Cheboygan County	Oceana County
Population	25,778	26,788
Median age	51.9 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,619	$63,624
Median home value	$175,200	$167,600
Median gross rent	$822	$768
Housing units	17,742	15,645
Homeownership rate	85.0%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheboygan County	Oceana County
Population	25,418 → 25,778 (+1.4%)	26,416 → 26,788 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$48,044 → $61,619 (+28.3%)	$50,104 → $63,624 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$130,900 → $175,200 (+33.8%)	$118,800 → $167,600 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $822 (+17.6%)	$729 → $768 (+5.3%)

Cheboygan County

Population

25,41825,778

Median household income

$48,044$61,619

Median home value

$130,900$175,200

Median gross rent

$699$822

Oceana County

Population

26,41626,788

Median household income

$50,104$63,624

Median home value

$118,800$167,600

Median gross rent

$729$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheboygan County	Oceana County
Under 5	4.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.7%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	9.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	17.2%	15.8%
65 to 74	17.7%	13.4%
75 and over	10.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheboygan County	Oceana County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	0.5%
Asian	0.6%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	15.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheboygan County	Oceana County
No high school diploma	10.3%	9.4%
High school graduate	34.7%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheboygan County	Oceana County
Drove alone	76.6%	77.4%
Carpooled	11.2%	12.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	0.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.8%	6.4%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheboygan County	Oceana County
1-unit, detached	86.5%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Cheboygan County	Oceana County
Poverty rate	12.8%	13.3%
Average household size	2.37	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1980	1978