Montmorency County vs Oscoda County

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

Montmorency 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.

Montmorency County has the higher population (9,372 vs 8,338 in Oscoda County). Oscoda County has the higher median household income ($50,581 vs $47,803 in Montmorency County). Montmorency County has the higher median home value ($142,000 vs $126,000 in Oscoda County).

Population, income & housing

	Montmorency County	Oscoda County
Population	9,372	8,338
Median age	56.7 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,803	$50,581
Median home value	$142,000	$126,000
Median gross rent	$811	$675
Housing units	8,926	7,705
Homeownership rate	87.6%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montmorency County	Oscoda County
Population	9,265 → 9,372 (+1.2%)	8,248 → 8,338 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$41,772 → $47,803 (+14.4%)	$42,335 → $50,581 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$102,700 → $142,000 (+38.3%)	$90,500 → $126,000 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $811 (+21.4%)	$750 → $675 (-10.0%)

Montmorency County

Population

9,2659,372

Median household income

$41,772$47,803

Median home value

$102,700$142,000

Median gross rent

$668$811

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)

	Montmorency County	Oscoda County
Under 5	3.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	11.2%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	7.6%	8.5%
35 to 44	8.4%	9.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	19.8%	18.5%
65 to 74	20.7%	17.8%
75 and over	12.2%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montmorency County	Oscoda County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montmorency County	Oscoda County
No high school diploma	10.6%	13.9%
High school graduate	39.6%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montmorency County	Oscoda County
Drove alone	78.3%	69.8%
Carpooled	9.9%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	5.3%
Worked from home	7.8%	13.1%
Other means	0.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montmorency County	Oscoda County
1-unit, detached	87.7%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Montmorency County	Oscoda County
Poverty rate	17.9%	15.8%
Average household size	1.94	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1975	1974