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Sault Ste. Marie city, Chippewa County, MI

13,335 Population
14.8 square miles 903.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chippewa County: 41.6 ±0.7
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,676 ±$1,857 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Chippewa County: $30,655 ±$961
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,328 ±$5,507 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chippewa County: $62,217 ±$2,143
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.8% ±3.4% (2,207  ±416) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Chippewa County: 14% † 4,485 (±1.5% / ±482)
  • about 1.4 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)

12 minutes ±1.1 (77,020  ±8,402) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Chippewa County: 17.4 245,655 (±0.8 / ±13,663)
  • about half the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,860 ±231 Number of households
  • Chippewa County: 14,080 ±360
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (12,311  ±59) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chippewa County: 2.3 31,884 (±0.1 / ±95)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±3% (178  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chippewa County: 4.2% † 311 (±1.5% / ±113)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,522 ±240 Number of housing units
  • Chippewa County: 20,348 ±120
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$139,400 ±$11,424 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chippewa County: $161,900 ±$4,697
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.8% ±3.8% (2,873  ±502) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Chippewa County: 15.6% † 5,625 (±1.8% / ±630.2)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.9% ±5.7% (7,970  ±548.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chippewa County: 92.6% 23,778 (±2.8% / ±720.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27% ±3.4% (2,293  ±297.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chippewa County: 23.3% 5,982 (±1.6% / ±411.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about three-quarters 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

4.7% ±1.3% (627  ±176) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Chippewa County: 2.9% 1,055
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±1.4% (659  ±149) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chippewa County: 8.3% 2,460 (±0.8% / ±245)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
659 Total veterans ±149 591 Male ±139 68 Female ±44

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