Bay City vs Pinconning

A side-by-side comparison of Bay City and Pinconning: population, income, housing, and more.

Bay City and Pinconning are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bay City has the higher population (32,445 vs 1,384 in Pinconning). Pinconning has the higher median household income ($64,309 vs $47,904 in Bay City). Bay City has the higher median home value ($89,900 vs $69,200 in Pinconning).

Population, income & housing

	Bay City	Pinconning
Population	32,445	1,384
Median age	39.7 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,904	$64,309
Median home value	$89,900	$69,200
Median gross rent	$739	$414
Housing units	16,173	674
Homeownership rate	68.5%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay City	Pinconning
Population	33,167 → 32,445 (-2.2%)	1,296 → 1,384 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$37,893 → $47,904 (+26.4%)	$40,000 → $64,309 (+60.8%)
Median home value	$66,800 → $89,900 (+34.6%)	$62,100 → $69,200 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $739 (+16.6%)	$679 → $414 (-39.0%)

Bay City

Population

33,16732,445

Median household income

$37,893$47,904

Median home value

$66,800$89,900

Median gross rent

$634$739

Pinconning

Population

1,2961,384

Median household income

$40,000$64,309

Median home value

$62,100$69,200

Median gross rent

$679$414

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay City	Pinconning
Under 5	5.6%	2.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	4.3%
25 to 34	15.0%	7.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	7.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	23.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	15.8%
75 and over	6.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay City	Pinconning
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	91.6%
Black or African American	2.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay City	Pinconning
No high school diploma	11.4%	12.7%
High school graduate	35.2%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay City	Pinconning
Drove alone	80.5%	70.1%
Carpooled	7.6%	6.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.4%
Walked	2.9%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	19.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay City	Pinconning
1-unit, detached	73.6%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	5.8%
20 or more units	6.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Bay City	Pinconning
Poverty rate	21.5%	13.0%
Average household size	2.20	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1938	1956