Iosco County vs Otsego County

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

Iosco 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.

Otsego County has the higher population (25,352 vs 25,333 in Iosco County). Otsego County has the higher median household income ($67,285 vs $47,777 in Iosco County). Otsego County has the higher median home value ($196,500 vs $122,900 in Iosco County).

Population, income & housing

	Iosco County	Otsego County
Population	25,333	25,352
Median age	53.5 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,777	$67,285
Median home value	$122,900	$196,500
Median gross rent	$659	$880
Housing units	19,978	14,893
Homeownership rate	82.9%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iosco County	Otsego County
Population	25,197 → 25,333 (+0.5%)	24,490 → 25,352 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$43,678 → $47,777 (+9.4%)	$54,332 → $67,285 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$92,600 → $122,900 (+32.7%)	$139,500 → $196,500 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $659 (+1.1%)	$768 → $880 (+14.6%)

Iosco County

Population

25,19725,333

Median household income

$43,678$47,777

Median home value

$92,600$122,900

Median gross rent

$652$659

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)

	Iosco County	Otsego County
Under 5	4.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.1%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.1%
35 to 44	9.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	17.6%	15.6%
65 to 74	18.2%	13.5%
75 and over	12.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iosco County	Otsego County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iosco County	Otsego County
No high school diploma	10.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	36.9%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iosco County	Otsego County
Drove alone	78.8%	77.3%
Carpooled	8.9%	11.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	4.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	10.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iosco County	Otsego County
1-unit, detached	81.8%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	3.5%
20 or more units	2.2%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Iosco County	Otsego County
Poverty rate	16.6%	9.6%
Average household size	2.19	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1972	1981