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Saginaw city, Saginaw County, MI

43,536 Population
17.1 square miles 2,546.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Saginaw County: 41.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$21,177 ±$1,264 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Saginaw County: $34,578 ±$791
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
$38,579 ±$1,907 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Saginaw County: $60,622 ±$1,588
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293

34% ±3.4% (14,537  ±1,453) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Saginaw County: 18.2% 33,290 (±1.2% / ±2,213)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)

19.2 minutes ±1 (290,415  ±22,143) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Saginaw County: 22.4 1,621,305 (±0.6 / ±56,281)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)

Families

17,789 ±597 Number of households
  • Saginaw County: 77,958 ±704
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
2.4 ±0.1 (42,388  ±75) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Saginaw County: 2.3 182,381 (±0 / ±109)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281

7.5% ±2.6% (778  ±278) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Saginaw County: 5.9% † 2,435 (±1.1% / ±439)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)

Housing

21,063 ±530 Number of housing units
  • Saginaw County: 86,208 ±109
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795

$60,000 ±$3,208 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Saginaw County: $152,800 ±$2,921
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642

10.6% ±1.5% (4,534  ±648.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Saginaw County: 9.9% 18,387 (±0.9% / ±1,628.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)

Social

85.2% ±3.5% (24,493  ±1,151.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Saginaw County: 91.6% 120,120 (±1.7% / ±2,248.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
13.3% ±1.6% (3,819  ±464.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Saginaw County: 24.4% 31,982 (±0.9% / ±1,168)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)

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

1.4% ±0.4% (617  ±183) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Saginaw County: 2.4% 4,512
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881

6.3% ±1% (2,054  ±329) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Saginaw County: 6.6% 9,767 (±0.4% / ±628)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
2,054 Total veterans ±329 1,895 Male ±327 159 Female ±76

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