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Saginaw city, Saginaw County, MI

43,879 Population
17.1 square miles 2,566.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Saginaw County: 41.1 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$20,522 ±$1,190 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Saginaw County: $33,992 ±$922
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$37,298 ±$1,898 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Saginaw County: $58,347 ±$1,402
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

33.5% ±3.2% (14,400  ±1,383) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Saginaw County: 18.1% 33,133 (±1.2% / ±2,180)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

19 minutes ±1 (279,055  ±21,435) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Saginaw County: 22.1 1,613,830 (±0.7 / ±60,928)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

17,736 ±571 Number of households
  • Saginaw County: 77,586 ±647
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.4 ±0.1 (42,657  ±66) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Saginaw County: 2.4 182,920 (±0 / ±99)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

7.5% ±2.1% (776  ±223) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Saginaw County: 5.7% † 2,384 (±0.9% / ±353)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

20,994 ±503 Number of housing units
  • Saginaw County: 86,134 ±120
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$54,000 ±$3,148 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Saginaw County: $139,400 ±$3,790
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

9.5% ±1.3% (4,082  ±565.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Saginaw County: 9.9% 18,538 (±0.8% / ±1,427.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

83.2% ±3% (24,233  ±1,038.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Saginaw County: 91.1% 119,407 (±1.6% / ±2,106.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
11.7% ±1.4% (3,416  ±418.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Saginaw County: 23.5% 30,743 (±0.9% / ±1,130.6)
  • about two-fifths 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

1.1% ±0.4% (469  ±159) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Saginaw County: 2.3% 4,416
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

6.2% ±1.1% (2,028  ±347) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Saginaw County: 6.6% 9,825 (±0.4% / ±633)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
2,028 Total veterans ±347 1,855 Male ±331 173 Female ±75

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