Osceola County vs Roscommon County

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

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

Roscommon County has the higher population (23,639 vs 23,122 in Osceola County). Osceola County has the higher median household income ($57,050 vs $54,106 in Roscommon County). Roscommon County has the higher median home value ($148,000 vs $139,600 in Osceola County).

Population, income & housing

	Osceola County	Roscommon County
Population	23,122	23,639
Median age	43.8 yrs	57.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,050	$54,106
Median home value	$139,600	$148,000
Median gross rent	$764	$789
Housing units	12,634	23,170
Homeownership rate	83.7%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Osceola County	Roscommon County
Population	23,290 → 23,122 (-0.7%)	23,851 → 23,639 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$44,032 → $57,050 (+29.6%)	$42,054 → $54,106 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$98,500 → $139,600 (+41.7%)	$108,200 → $148,000 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $764 (+17.5%)	$684 → $789 (+15.4%)

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

Roscommon County

Population

23,85123,639

Median household income

$42,054$54,106

Median home value

$108,200$148,000

Median gross rent

$684$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Osceola County	Roscommon County
Under 5	5.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	17.1%	10.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	10.9%	8.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	8.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	19.2%
65 to 74	13.2%	21.1%
75 and over	8.6%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Osceola County	Roscommon County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	92.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Osceola County	Roscommon County
No high school diploma	10.3%	9.2%
High school graduate	40.2%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Osceola County	Roscommon County
Drove alone	78.6%	72.1%
Carpooled	11.8%	13.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	2.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.2%	10.9%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Osceola County	Roscommon County
1-unit, detached	76.8%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	1.7%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Osceola County	Roscommon County
Poverty rate	15.8%	15.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1976	1976