Census-designated place · Alpena County, Michigan

Ossineke, Michigan

Ossineke is a census-designated place in Alpena County, Michigan, part of the Alpena, MI metro area. It has 1,019 residents. Ossineke, Michigan has a quality-of-life score of 49 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,058 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Michigan it ranks #178 of 444 cities and towns. It ranks best on drought exposure (low), natural hazard risk (low) and grocery stores (high). It ranks worst on distance to an airport (high), distance to an Amtrak station (high) and new business applications (low).

49Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,058 of 15,651 cities and towns
Michigan: #178 of 444 in MI
Population: 1,019 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 278.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 2661500

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety52#7,500/15,637
Economy27#11,463/15,631
Housing52#7,116/14,977
Health41#9,247/15,609
Healthcare54#7,195/15,650
Environment98#384/15,453
Education14#13,469/15,649
Infrastructure30#11,003/15,650
Community52#7,542/15,651
Leisure & amenities83#2,685/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Ossineke, Michigan ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Alpena County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Drought exposure · low0%
98/100Michigan 13%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAlpena County value
Natural hazard risk · low2.9
96/100Michigan 10.32025Federal Emergency Management AgencyAlpena County value
Grocery stores · high2.8 /10k
93/100Michigan 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAlpena County value
Restaurants and bars · high13.2 /10k
91/100Michigan 9.1 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAlpena County value
Mammography screening · high55.0%
91/100Michigan 49.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAlpena County value
Hot days · low3 days
90/100Michigan 5 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAlpena County value

Weaknesses

Distance to an airport · high181 mi
1/100Michigan 44 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAlpena County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high139 mi
5/100Michigan 25 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAlpena County value
New business applications · low8.1 /1k
7/100Michigan 15.0 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAlpena County value
Depression · high29.3%
8/100Michigan 26.5%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Time spent in the emergency room · high229 min
9/100Michigan 163 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAlpena County value
Dental care shortage · high17.0
12/100Michigan 6.3United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationAlpena County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
899 (2015-2019) → 1,019 (2020-2024)
+13%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
16.3% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.9× (2015-2019) → 2.7× (2020-2024)
+40%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent as share of incomeImproving
24.7% (2015-2019) → 17.3% (2020-2024)
−7.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
82.6% (2015-2019) → 90.0% (2020-2024)
+7.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$46,544 (2015-2019) → $59,583 (2020-2024)
+28%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Ossineke, Michigan improved on 0 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Ossineke, Michigan between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.1 min2015-2019	22.4 min2020-2024	−0.7 min	Within the margin of error	56%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%2015-2019	13.3%2020-2024	−5.2 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Broadband subscriptions	82.6%2015-2019	90.0%2020-2024	+7.4 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Effective property tax rate	1.29%2015-2019	0.96%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	78%
High school diploma or higher	92.9%2015-2019	96.4%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.8×	Within the margin of error	33%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4392015-2019	0.4312020-2024	−0.008	Within the margin of error	58%
Median household income	$46,5442015-2019	$59,5832020-2024	+28%	Within the margin of error	51%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Ossineke, Michigan five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Ossineke, Michigan in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Ossineke, Michigan itself moved −1.8 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,019 residents (±235)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 women (+6.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,019 residents (±235)

Ossineke, Michigan
Michigan share

White98%999
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino0.0%0

Education

777 residents (±182)

Ossineke, Michigan
Michigan share

No high school diploma3.6%†28
High school or GED38%†298
Some college28%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

450 households (±92)

Ossineke, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $25k10%†46
$25k–50k25%†113
$50k–75k23%†105
$75k–100k20%†92
$100k–150k13%†60
$150k–200k1.3%†6
$200k or more6.2%†28

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−14.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

450 households (±92)

Ossineke, Michigan
Michigan share

Own84%377
Rent16%†73

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

73 households (±51)

Ossineke, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $75056%†41
$750–1,00044%†32
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

377 homes (±90)

Ossineke, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $150k43%†163
$150k–250k40%†151
$250k–400k4.5%†17

Age of homes

563 homes (±101)

Ossineke, Michigan
Michigan share

2010 or later4.3%†24
2000–20091.1%†6
1980–199921%†121

Size of homes

563 homes (±101)

Ossineke, Michigan
Michigan share

Studio0.5%†3
1 bedroom4.3%†24
2 bedrooms28%†155

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

470 workers (±152)

Ossineke, Michigan
Michigan share

Drive alone85%†401
Carpool4.9%†23
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.1%†5
Bike0.0%0
Work from home8.7%†41
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

429 workers (±156)

Ossineke, Michigan
Michigan share

Under 15 min21%†90
15–29 min49%†211
30–44 min20%†86

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Alpena, MI

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Alpena County, the county holding most of Ossineke's residents.

Alpena County has 822 employer establishments, 285 for every 10,000 residents (1.15× the US rate of 248; 1.25× Michigan's), with 10,141 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,993. The Census Bureau also counts 1,849 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 822; 1,849 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 285; US 248 · Michigan 228
Paid employees: 10,141
Average annual pay: $46,993; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Alpena County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	63	21.8	1.05×About typical	611	$56,912	90
Restaurants and other eating places	50	17.3	0.94×About typical	868	$19,575	3
Machinery manufacturing	46	15.9	24.8×More than typical	978	$68,903	—
Specialty trade contractors	45	15.6	1.01×About typical	234	$57,432	150
Construction of buildings	43	14.9	1.97×More than typical	203	$45,734	73
Automotive repair and maintenance	31	10.7	2.13×More than typical	132	$43,189	33
Religious organizations	26	9	1.62×More than typical	143	$23,182	—
Full-service restaurants	25	8.7	1.13×About typical	347	$20,323	—
Limited-service restaurants	21	7.3	0.91×About typical	484	$19,029	—
Building equipment contractors	17	5.9	0.98×About typical	118	$52,203	29
Gasoline stations	16	5.5	1.71×More than typical	119	$29,908	—
Offices of physicians	16	5.5	0.86×About typical	89	$96,315	12

Rank places for an industry Open Alpena County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 28,868 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Ossineke is mostly in Alpena County.

See federal money in Alpena County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Ossineke, Michigan is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Jack BergmanR-MI-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.4%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Alpena County60100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Alpena, MI57

Other cities and towns in Alpena County

Largest first.

Alpena4110,154

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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