Oscoda is a very small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 1,024 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Oscoda is the 514th largest community in Michigan.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Oscoda is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Oscoda is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Oscoda who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.05%), sales jobs (11.53%), and food service (8.52%).

Of important note, Oscoda is also a town of artists. Oscoda has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Oscoda's character.

One of the benefits of Oscoda is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 14.69 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Oscoda is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Oscoda Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Oscoda with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 14.96% for all communities. 12.37% of adults in Oscoda have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Oscoda in 2000 was $16,191, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $64,764 for a family of four.

The people who call Oscoda home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Oscoda is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Oscoda include German, English, Polish, Irish, French Canadian, French, Finnish, Swedish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Oscoda is English.