Oceana County vs Otsego County

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

Oceana 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.

Oceana County has the higher population (26,788 vs 25,352 in Otsego County). Otsego County has the higher median household income ($67,285 vs $63,624 in Oceana County). Otsego County has the higher median home value ($196,500 vs $167,600 in Oceana County).

Population, income & housing

	Oceana County	Otsego County
Population	26,788	25,352
Median age	43.9 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,624	$67,285
Median home value	$167,600	$196,500
Median gross rent	$768	$880
Housing units	15,645	14,893
Homeownership rate	85.1%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oceana County	Otsego County
Population	26,416 → 26,788 (+1.4%)	24,490 → 25,352 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$50,104 → $63,624 (+27.0%)	$54,332 → $67,285 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $167,600 (+41.1%)	$139,500 → $196,500 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $768 (+5.3%)	$768 → $880 (+14.6%)

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

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)

	Oceana County	Otsego County
Under 5	5.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.6%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	15.6%
65 to 74	13.4%	13.5%
75 and over	8.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oceana County	Otsego County
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oceana County	Otsego County
No high school diploma	9.4%	6.1%
High school graduate	37.6%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oceana County	Otsego County
Drove alone	77.4%	77.3%
Carpooled	12.8%	11.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.4%
Walked	2.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	10.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oceana County	Otsego County
1-unit, detached	78.1%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	17.0%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Oceana County	Otsego County
Poverty rate	13.3%	9.6%
Average household size	2.55	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1978	1981