Tuscola County is a county of 52,980 people in Michigan. 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Owners hold 86% of the housing stock. At a median age of 44.8, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Home values have risen by half since 2000, reaching $149,500. 1% of people here were born outside the United States.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $63,811, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 44.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
16% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 7%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Tuscola County
What changed most since 1990
White share96.1% → 91.5%(−4.6 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median age32.9 → 44.8(+11.9 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Adults with a bachelor's degree8.1% → 16.3%(+8.2 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
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)13.5%(376)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)21.2%(593)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era41%(1,145)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.2%(174)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.3%(9)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 2,791 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
Tuscola County, decade by decade
Tuscola 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
55,498
$65,699
$109,923
8.1%
9.4
2000
58,266
$73,183
$160,852
10.6%
12.7
2010
55,729
$60,705
$161,408
12.4%
13.7
2020
53,323
$62,894
$131,143
13.5%
20.9
2024
52,980
$63,811
$149,500
16.3%
20.0
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.
