Ogemaw County vs Osceola County

A side-by-side comparison of Ogemaw County and Osceola County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Osceola County has the higher population (23,122 vs 20,853 in Ogemaw County). Osceola County has the higher median household income ($57,050 vs $51,983 in Ogemaw County). Osceola County has the higher median home value ($139,600 vs $138,600 in Ogemaw County).

Population, income & housing

	Ogemaw County	Osceola County
Population	20,853	23,122
Median age	50.8 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,983	$57,050
Median home value	$138,600	$139,600
Median gross rent	$828	$764
Housing units	15,326	12,634
Homeownership rate	82.5%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ogemaw County	Osceola County
Population	20,898 → 20,853 (-0.2%)	23,290 → 23,122 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$40,373 → $51,983 (+28.8%)	$44,032 → $57,050 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$98,200 → $138,600 (+41.1%)	$98,500 → $139,600 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$701 → $828 (+18.1%)	$650 → $764 (+17.5%)

Ogemaw County

Population

20,89820,853

Median household income

$40,373$51,983

Median home value

$98,200$138,600

Median gross rent

$701$828

Osceola County

Population

23,29023,122

Median household income

$44,032$57,050

Median home value

$98,500$139,600

Median gross rent

$650$764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ogemaw County	Osceola County
Under 5	4.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	13.7%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	17.6%	15.3%
65 to 74	16.6%	13.2%
75 and over	10.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ogemaw County	Osceola County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ogemaw County	Osceola County
No high school diploma	10.3%	10.3%
High school graduate	37.8%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ogemaw County	Osceola County
Drove alone	82.2%	78.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	11.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	2.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.4%	5.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ogemaw County	Osceola County
1-unit, detached	86.2%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	1.9%
20 or more units	1.3%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Ogemaw County	Osceola County
Poverty rate	17.5%	15.8%
Average household size	2.25	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1976	1976