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.

Oscoda is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Oscoda spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 14.69 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

Being a small town, Oscoda does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

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.