City safety & data profile
Bay CityMI
Bay City, MI is a 34K-resident city in Bay County with a median household income of $49,420.
Bay County, Michigan. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Bay City, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Bay City has a population larger than 68% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $97,600, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
Data updated 2026-09-04
- 34K
- Population (place)
- Top 32%
- By size
- $49,420
- Median income (place)
- $97,600
- Median home (place)
- 19.1%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Bay City
Bay City posts a median household income higher than 8% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Bay City area.
- Bottom 9%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Bay City
Where Bay City income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$49,420 Bottom 8% higher than 8% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in MI
Population among 105 MI places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Detroit
Detroit, MI
645,705 residents
- Grand Rapids 195,097
Grand Rapids, MI
195,097 residents
- Warren 134,056
Warren, MI
134,056 residents
- Sterling Hei… 132,052
Sterling Heights, MI
132,052 residents
- Ann Arbor 117,070
Ann Arbor, MI
117,070 residents
- Lansing 112,644
Lansing, MI
112,644 residents
- Clinton Town… 99,753
Clinton Township, MI
99,753 residents
- Flint 98,310
Flint, MI
98,310 residents
- Dearborn 95,171
Dearborn, MI
95,171 residents
- Livonia 94,635
Livonia, MI
94,635 residents
What this shows Detroit is the largest MI city on this list; Beverly Hills leads median income.
Highest median incomes in MI
Median household income among the same 105-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills, MI
$177,412 median
- East Grand R…
East Grand Rapids, MI
$166,610 median
- Forest Hills
Forest Hills, MI
$158,005 median
- Birmingham
Birmingham, MI
$153,510 median
- Grosse Point…
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
$126,395 median
- Grosse Point…
Grosse Pointe Park, MI
$124,111 median
- Rochester Hi…
Rochester Hills, MI
$120,694 median
- Troy
Troy, MI
$120,045 median
- Berkley
Berkley, MI
$116,239 median
- Rochester
Rochester, MI
$111,750 median
What this shows Beverly Hills posts the highest place-level median income in MI; Detroit is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Bay City, MI beyond the headline numbers
Bay City sits inside Bay County, Michigan, at roughly 43.59°N, -83.89°W. Population 33,917, $49,420 median household income. Median home value $97,600, median rent $766. Poverty rate 19.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Bay City, 1/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.
19.1% of Bay City, MI residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.
Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Bay City runs about 2.0 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.
Remote work covers 8.4% of Bay City workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 18.9% in Bay City, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Bay City from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Bay County): Bay City's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 19.1% +54% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 6.7% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 18.8% |
| Work From Home | 8.4% |
| Public Transit | 0.4% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 1 total
What alerts and safety updates affect Bay City?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Bay City right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet MI-BAY-CITY-MI · Bay City
Bay City: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Bay City; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Michigan state hubs · Methodology
Read with this city profile
Frequently Asked Questions 6
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Bay City, both outside Michigan so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MI (19.1% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MI ($49,420 here).
Compare Bay City with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Using Bay City's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Bay City area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Bay City against Michigan peers on any ranking lens. Explore Michigan
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Bay County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.