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Sanilac County, MI

40,462 Population
962.6 square miles 42 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.5 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,584 ±$898 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,863 ±$1,842 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.3% ±1.3% (6,125  ±523) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.6 minutes ±1 (439,650  ±19,744) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

17,516 ±266 Number of households
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0 (39,942  ±15) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6% ±0.9% (463  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

21,756 ±99 Number of housing units
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$168,300 ±$2,743 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.1% ±1% (3,630  ±393.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.6% ±2.3% (26,321  ±675.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.5% ±1.2% (4,784  ±340.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about half 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

1.4% (563  ±120) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±0.7% (2,412  ±216) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,412 Total veterans ±216 2,263 Male ±211 149 Female ±53

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