Manistee County vs Otsego County

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

Manistee 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 25,247 in Manistee County). Otsego County has the higher median household income ($67,285 vs $60,879 in Manistee County). Otsego County has the higher median home value ($196,500 vs $166,600 in Manistee County).

Population, income & housing

	Manistee County	Otsego County
Population	25,247	25,352
Median age	50.3 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,879	$67,285
Median home value	$166,600	$196,500
Median gross rent	$820	$880
Housing units	15,631	14,893
Homeownership rate	85.9%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manistee County	Otsego County
Population	24,457 → 25,247 (+3.2%)	24,490 → 25,352 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$50,055 → $60,879 (+21.6%)	$54,332 → $67,285 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$125,400 → $166,600 (+32.9%)	$139,500 → $196,500 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $820 (+14.5%)	$768 → $880 (+14.6%)

Manistee County

Population

24,45725,247

Median household income

$50,055$60,879

Median home value

$125,400$166,600

Median gross rent

$716$820

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)

	Manistee County	Otsego County
Under 5	3.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	16.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	16.5%	13.5%
75 and over	10.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manistee County	Otsego County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	93.4%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manistee County	Otsego County
No high school diploma	9.7%	6.1%
High school graduate	32.8%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manistee County	Otsego County
Drove alone	77.5%	77.3%
Carpooled	9.5%	11.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.4%
Walked	1.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	10.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manistee County	Otsego County
1-unit, detached	83.9%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	3.5%
20 or more units	1.7%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Manistee County	Otsego County
Poverty rate	11.8%	9.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1971	1981