City safety & data profile

SaginawMI

Saginaw, MI is a 49K-resident city in Saginaw County with a median household income of $38,579.

Saginaw County, Michigan. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Saginaw, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Saginaw has a population larger than 79% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $60,000, and 3 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

49K
Population (place)
Top 21%
By size
$38,579
Median income (place)
$60,000
Median home (place)
34%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Saginaw

Saginaw posts a median household income higher than 1% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 3 hospitals serve the Saginaw area.

Bottom 2%
by median income, US cities
3
hospitals in & near Saginaw

Where Saginaw income ranks nationally

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

$38,579 Bottom 1% higher than 1% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Saginaw $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 Saginaw, MI beyond the headline numbers

Saginaw sits inside Saginaw County, Michigan, at roughly 43.42°N, -83.95°W. Population 49,347, $38,579 median household income. Median home value $60,000, median rent $922. Poverty rate 34%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

3 hospitals in/around Saginaw, 2.5/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.

34% of Saginaw, 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 Saginaw runs about 1.6 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 7.7% of Saginaw workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 5.8% in Saginaw, 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 Saginaw 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)
49,347
Saginaw · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$38,579
-57% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$60,000
-85% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Saginaw County): Saginaw'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
189K-5%
Median Income
$60,622+43%
Median Home Value
$152,800+56%
Poverty Rate
18.2%-5%
Unemployment
6.4%-52%

Economics

Economics indicators for Saginaw, MI
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$922/mo
Poverty Rate
34% +174% vs avg
Unemployment 10.1%
Bachelor's Degree+ 13.3%
Work From Home 7.7%
Public Transit 0.7%

Population

White 38.1%
African American 45.1%
Asian 0.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
45.6%
High Blood Pressure
45.5%
Short Sleep Duration
42.7%
Physical Inactivity
41.5%
Current Smoking
23.6%
Frequent Mental Distress
22.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
19.9%
Diabetes
19.3%
Current Asthma
14.1%
Lack of Health Insurance
13.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 51.2%
Annual Checkup 81%

Other Measures

Binge Drinking
12.4%
Coronary Heart Disease
9%
Stroke
5.8%

Hospitals 3 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
2.5/5
Total Hospitals
3
With ER
2
MYMICHIGAN MEDICAL CENTER SAGINAW
SAGINAW · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆
COVENANT MEDICAL CENTER
SAGINAW · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Saginaw?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MI-SAGINAW-MI · Saginaw

Saginaw: 16 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-ACTIVE 16 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ El Paso

Tagged alert mix: Saginaw

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 16 tagged notices on record for Saginaw.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: El Paso, TX (16 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Saginaw; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Michigan state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (16 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts Victoria, TX 13 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Saginaw, MI? ▼
Saginaw, MI has a population of 49,347 people, located in Saginaw County, Michigan.
What is the median household income in Saginaw? ▼
The median household income in Saginaw, MI is $38,579 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 34%.
What is the median home value in Saginaw? ▼
The median home value in Saginaw, MI is $60,000. Median rent is $922/month.
What are the top health concerns in Saginaw? ▼
The top health indicators in Saginaw include Obesity (45.6%), High Blood Pressure (45.5%), Short Sleep Duration (42.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Saginaw? ▼
Saginaw has 3 hospitals with an average rating of 2.5/5 stars. 2 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Saginaw? ▼
The median age in Saginaw, MI is 35.5 years. 13.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MI (34% here).

Monroe, GA 33.8% Meridian, MS 34.3% Natchez, MS 33.7% Clarkston, GA 34.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MI ($38,579 here).

Orangeburg, SC $38,635 Silver City, NM $38,711 Gary, IN $38,731 Canton, MS $38,337

Compare Saginaw with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Saginaw Township North, MI 25K Bay City, MI 34K Midland, MI 42K Beecher, MI 10K Owosso, MI 15K Flint, MI 98K Burton, MI 29K Fenton, MI 11K
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Using Saginaw'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 Saginaw 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 Saginaw 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 (Saginaw 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.