Otsego County is a county of 25,584 people in Michigan. At a median age of 44.4, this is an older place than the country as a whole. 2% of residents were born outside the United States. Owners hold 77% of the housing stock. 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $219,700.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $68,183, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 44.4
US median: 38.9
Less educated
26% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Otsego County
What changed most since 1990
White share98.7% → 92.9%(−5.8 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median age33.7 → 44.4(+10.7 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
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)27.5%(564)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)15.9%(326)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era32.5%(666)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1.9%(38)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.7%(14)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 2,049 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
Otsego County, decade by decade
Otsego County 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
17,957
$63,256
$135,124
13.7%
3.1
2000
23,301
$74,462
$184,898
17.4%
7.3
2010
24,164
$65,500
$175,937
19.4%
9.8
2020
25,091
$67,774
$178,291
25.6%
18.4
2024
25,584
$68,183
$219,700
26.3%
16.8
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.
