Oscoda County vs Schoolcraft County

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

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

Oscoda County has the higher population (8,338 vs 8,093 in Schoolcraft County). Schoolcraft County has the higher median household income ($57,708 vs $50,581 in Oscoda County). Oscoda County has the higher median home value ($126,000 vs $123,500 in Schoolcraft County).

Population, income & housing

	Oscoda County	Schoolcraft County
Population	8,338	8,093
Median age	52.1 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,581	$57,708
Median home value	$126,000	$123,500
Median gross rent	$675	$654
Housing units	7,705	5,947
Homeownership rate	86.7%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oscoda County	Schoolcraft County
Population	8,248 → 8,338 (+1.1%)	8,048 → 8,093 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$42,335 → $50,581 (+19.5%)	$45,500 → $57,708 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$90,500 → $126,000 (+39.2%)	$109,900 → $123,500 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $675 (-10.0%)	$571 → $654 (+14.5%)

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

Schoolcraft County

Population

8,0488,093

Median household income

$45,500$57,708

Median home value

$109,900$123,500

Median gross rent

$571$654

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oscoda County	Schoolcraft County
Under 5	5.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.7%	13.3%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	8.5%	8.4%
35 to 44	9.5%	9.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	18.5%	18.5%
65 to 74	17.8%	17.7%
75 and over	10.7%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oscoda County	Schoolcraft County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	84.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	6.3%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oscoda County	Schoolcraft County
No high school diploma	13.9%	10.3%
High school graduate	36.1%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oscoda County	Schoolcraft County
Drove alone	69.8%	80.4%
Carpooled	8.6%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.5%	4.7%
Bicycle	5.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.1%	3.7%
Other means	1.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oscoda County	Schoolcraft County
1-unit, detached	80.8%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	1.2%
20 or more units	1.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	16.2%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Oscoda County	Schoolcraft County
Poverty rate	15.8%	14.8%
Average household size	2.27	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1974	1972