City safety & data profile
Sault Ste. MarieMI
Sault Ste. Marie, MI is a 14K-resident city in Chippewa County with a median household income of $55,328.
Chippewa County, Michigan. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Sault Ste. Marie, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Sault Ste. Marie has a population larger than 22% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $139,400, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
Data updated 2026-08-21
- 14K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 23%
- By size
- $55,328
- Median income (place)
- $139,400
- Median home (place)
- 17.8%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Sault Ste. Marie
Sault Ste. Marie posts a median household income higher than 15% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Sault Ste. Marie area.
- Bottom 16%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Sault Ste. Marie
Where Sault Ste. Marie income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$55,328 Bottom 15% higher than 15% 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 Sault Ste. Marie, MI beyond the headline numbers
Sault Ste. Marie sits inside Chippewa County, Michigan, at roughly 46.50°N, -84.35°W. Population 13,827, $55,328 median household income. Median home value $139,400, median rent $804. Poverty rate 17.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Sault Ste. Marie, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.
17.8% of Sault Ste. Marie, 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 Sault Ste. Marie runs about 2.5 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.
Only 4.5% of Sault Ste. Marie 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, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 12.9% in Sault Ste. Marie, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.
Sault Ste. Marie's median age is 34 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Sault Ste. Marie 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 (Chippewa County): Sault Ste. Marie'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 | 17.8% +44% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 4.8% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 27% |
| Work From Home | 4.5% |
| Public Transit | 1% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 1 total
Alerts & News - Sault Ste. Marie Area
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Sault Ste. Marie right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
Frequently Asked Questions 6
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Safety Context
Sault Ste. Marie, MI is located in Chippewa County, Michigan. With a population of 14K and a $55,328 median household income, the community faces health challenges including high blood pressure and obesity. Residents have access to 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. Safety alerts for the Sault Ste. Marie area are monitored from federal and state agencies including FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC.
Safety Guides
Primary source data
EPA Outdoor Air Quality Data
Federal monitoring network, every measurement we report
AirNow - Michigan
Real-time AQI for every monitored Michigan location
National Weather Service
NOAA active watches, warnings, advisories
CDC Air Quality & Health
Health-impact reference for every AQI category
EPA NAAQS standards
National Ambient Air Quality Standards, the regulatory thresholds
Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Sault Ste. Marie, both outside Michigan so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MI (17.8% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MI ($55,328 here).
Nearby Cities 8
Using Sault Ste. Marie's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
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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 (Chippewa 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.