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Oceana County, MI

26,788 Population
538.1 square miles 49.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,577 ±$1,384 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$63,624 ±$3,124 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

13.3% ±1.3% (3,499  ±345) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

23.7 minutes ±1.1 (249,675  ±14,118) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

10,247 ±218 Number of households
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.6 ±0.1 (26,141  ±21) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

7.1% ±1.7% (357  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

15,645 ±61 Number of housing units
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$167,600 ±$6,133 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

9.1% ±1.2% (2,423  ±323.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

90.6% ±2.8% (17,209  ±538.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
21% ±1.6% (3,985  ±302.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.6% (1,228  ±215) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.9% ±0.7% (1,659  ±154) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,659 Total veterans ±154 1,525 Male ±147 134 Female ±36

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