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Owosso city, Shiawassee County, MI

14,632 Population
5.2 square miles 2,788 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Shiawassee County: 43.2 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,428 ±$5,974 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Shiawassee County: $35,522 ±$1,649
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,229 ±$4,373 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Shiawassee County: $67,404 ±$2,587
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.2% ±3.7% (2,488  ±540) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Shiawassee County: 12% † 8,080 (±1.4% / ±917)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.9 minutes ±2.4 (153,030  ±18,813) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Shiawassee County: 27.8 805,285 (±0.9 / ±34,656)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,320 ±252 Number of households
  • Shiawassee County: 28,126 ±371
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (14,478  ±42) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Shiawassee County: 2.4 67,361 (±0 / ±22)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±3.3% (229  ±124) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Shiawassee County: 6.2% † 865 (±1.4% / ±200)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,960 ±290 Number of housing units
  • Shiawassee County: 30,354 ±100
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$132,600 ±$6,811 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Shiawassee County: $171,600 ±$3,537
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.1% ±2.3% (1,460  ±326.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Shiawassee County: 7.7% † 5,153 (±0.9% / ±600.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.5% ±5.7% (9,285  ±636) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Shiawassee County: 92.7% 45,119 (±2.6% / ±1,264.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.1% ±3.1% (2,141  ±315.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Shiawassee County: 20% 9,729 (±1.2% / ±570.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.9% ±0.9% (132  ±133) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shiawassee County: 1.2% 781
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.5% ±1.3% (514  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Shiawassee County: 6.4% 3,426 (±0.6% / ±309)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
514 Total veterans ±148 449 Male ±135 65 Female ±62

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