City safety & data profile

Mount ClemensMI

Mount Clemens, MI is a 16K-resident city in Macomb County with a median household income of $52,310.

Macomb County, Michigan. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Mount Clemens, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Mount Clemens has a population larger than 33% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $179,400, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

16K
Population (place)
Bottom 34%
By size
$52,310
Median income (place)
$179,400
Median home (place)
16.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Mount Clemens

Mount Clemens posts a median household income higher than 12% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Mount Clemens area.

Bottom 13%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Mount Clemens

Where Mount Clemens income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$52,310 Bottom 12% higher than 12% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Mount Clemens $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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.

residents

What this shows Detroit is the largest MI city on this list; Beverly Hills leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MI

Median household income among the same 105-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Beverly Hills posts the highest place-level median income in MI; Detroit is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Mount Clemens, MI beyond the headline numbers

Mount Clemens sits inside Macomb County, Michigan, at roughly 42.60°N, -82.88°W. Population 16,400, $52,310 median household income. Median home value $179,400, median rent $847. Poverty rate 16.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Mount Clemens, 1/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Mount Clemens, MI stands at 16.3%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Mount Clemens costs roughly 3.4 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Remote work covers 8.4% of Mount Clemens 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 Mount Clemens, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

At 42 years, Mount Clemens's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Mount Clemens 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.

Population (place)
16,400
Mount Clemens · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$52,310
-41% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$179,400
-57% vs avg
Median Age (place)
42
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Macomb County): Mount Clemens'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.

20132024
Population
880K+4%
Median Income
$77,837+46%
Median Home Value
$243,900+98%
Poverty Rate
10.4%-17%
Unemployment
5.7%-54%

Economics

Economics indicators for Mount Clemens, MI
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$847/mo
Poverty Rate
16.3% +31% vs avg
Unemployment 6.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 18%
Work From Home 8.4%
Public Transit 1.3%

Population

White 66.4%
African American 20.1%
Asian 0.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 9.2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
41.9%
Short Sleep Duration
41.1%
High Blood Pressure
40.4%
Physical Inactivity
30.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.4%
Current Smoking
18.9%
Binge Drinking
16.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.9%
Diabetes
13.1%
Current Asthma
12.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 60.8%
Annual Checkup 81%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.1%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.3%
Stroke
4.1%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
Average Rating
1/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
MCLAREN MACOMB
MOUNT CLEMENS · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
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What alerts and safety updates affect Mount Clemens?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Mount Clemens right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MI-MOUNT-CLEMENS · Mount Clemens

Mount Clemens: 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 Mount Clemens; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Michigan state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Mount Clemens, MI? ▼
Mount Clemens, MI has a population of 16,400 people, located in Macomb County, Michigan.
What is the median household income in Mount Clemens? ▼
The median household income in Mount Clemens, MI is $52,310 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 16.3%.
What is the median home value in Mount Clemens? ▼
The median home value in Mount Clemens, MI is $179,400. Median rent is $847/month.
What are the top health concerns in Mount Clemens? ▼
The top health indicators in Mount Clemens include Obesity (41.9%), Short Sleep Duration (41.1%), High Blood Pressure (40.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Mount Clemens? ▼
Mount Clemens has 1 hospital with an average rating of 1/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Mount Clemens? ▼
The median age in Mount Clemens, MI is 42 years. 18% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Mount Clemens, both outside Michigan so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MI (16.3% here).

Bakersfield, CA 16.3% Gastonia, NC 16.3% Fort Myers, FL 16.3% Houma, LA 16.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MI ($52,310 here).

Saint Ann, MO $52,323 Hallandale Beach, FL $52,340 Oroville, CA $52,270 Barberton, OH $52,267

Compare Mount Clemens with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Clinton Township, MI 100K Fraser, MI 15K Saint Clair Shores, MI 60K Roseville, MI 48K Eastpointe, MI 33K Sterling Heights, MI 132K Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 16K New Baltimore, MI 12K
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Using Mount Clemens'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 Mount Clemens 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.
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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 (Macomb 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.