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Sault Ste. Marie city, Chippewa County, MI

13,373 Population
14.8 square miles 906.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chippewa County: 41.3 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,966 ±$1,845 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Chippewa County: $30,609 ±$1,599
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$55,031 ±$5,680 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chippewa County: $60,631 ±$1,502
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

18.7% ±3.9% (2,323  ±489) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chippewa County: 15.6% † 5,077 (±2% / ±653)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

14.3 minutes ±1.8 (90,810  ±12,721) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chippewa County: 18.5 261,725 (±1.1 / ±17,681)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

5,762 ±270 Number of households
  • Chippewa County: 13,867 ±298
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.1 ±0.1 (12,348  ±59) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chippewa County: 2.3 32,420 (±0.1 / ±97)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

3.9% ±2.6% (132  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Chippewa County: 3.8% † 275 (±1.4% / ±102)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

6,476 ±272 Number of housing units
  • Chippewa County: 20,340 ±80
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$127,300 ±$12,198 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chippewa County: $153,100 ±$6,939
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

21.6% ±4.3% (2,853  ±568) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Chippewa County: 15.5% † 5,592 (±2% / ±717.3)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

93.8% ±6% (8,107  ±566.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chippewa County: 92.8% 23,735 (±2.8% / ±733.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
24.1% ±3.4% (2,086  ±298.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chippewa County: 21.9% 5,587 (±1.5% / ±375.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)

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

5.8% ±1.3% (770  ±178) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Chippewa County: 3.2% 1,179
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

6.3% ±1.4% (674  ±150) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chippewa County: 8.5% † 2,536 (±0.9% / ±267)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
674 Total veterans ±150 605 Male ±136 69 Female ±48

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