Owosso is home to 14,632 people in Michigan. 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have risen by half since 2000, reaching $132,600. The foreign-born share is 1%. There are 2,788 people per square mile. Households here earn about 26% less than in Michigan as a whole.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $54,229, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 38.9
US median: 38.9
Less educated
21% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 9%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Owosso
What changed most since 1990
White share96.6% → 92.5%(−4.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Population16,322 → 14,632(−10%)US over the same years: +35%
Adults with a bachelor's degree11.3% → 21.1%(+9.8 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Owosso's population equals 22% of Shiawassee County's. Its number of households without a car equals 36% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 15% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)34%(175)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)16.5%(85)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era35.8%(184)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0.8%(4)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.8%(9)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 514 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Owosso, decade by decade
Owosso population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
16,322
$55,730
$90,483
11.3%
8.2
2000
15,713
$59,342
$146,279
12.3%
11.8
2010
15,194
$51,573
$142,994
14.1%
16.4
2020
14,714
$50,837
$110,538
14.9%
25.2
2024
14,632
$54,229
$132,600
21.1%
17.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
