Cheboygan County vs Otsego County

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

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

Cheboygan County has the higher population (25,778 vs 25,352 in Otsego County). Otsego County has the higher median household income ($67,285 vs $61,619 in Cheboygan County). Otsego County has the higher median home value ($196,500 vs $175,200 in Cheboygan County).

Population, income & housing

	Cheboygan County	Otsego County
Population	25,778	25,352
Median age	51.9 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,619	$67,285
Median home value	$175,200	$196,500
Median gross rent	$822	$880
Housing units	17,742	14,893
Homeownership rate	85.0%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheboygan County	Otsego County
Population	25,418 → 25,778 (+1.4%)	24,490 → 25,352 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$48,044 → $61,619 (+28.3%)	$54,332 → $67,285 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$130,900 → $175,200 (+33.8%)	$139,500 → $196,500 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $822 (+17.6%)	$768 → $880 (+14.6%)

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

Otsego County

Population

24,49025,352

Median household income

$54,332$67,285

Median home value

$139,500$196,500

Median gross rent

$768$880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheboygan County	Otsego County
Under 5	4.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.7%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	11.1%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	17.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	17.7%	13.5%
75 and over	10.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheboygan County	Otsego County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheboygan County	Otsego County
No high school diploma	10.3%	6.1%
High school graduate	34.7%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheboygan County	Otsego County
Drove alone	76.6%	77.3%
Carpooled	11.2%	11.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.4%
Walked	0.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	10.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheboygan County	Otsego County
1-unit, detached	86.5%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Cheboygan County	Otsego County
Poverty rate	12.8%	9.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1980	1981