Kincheloe vs Sault Ste. Marie

A side-by-side comparison of Kincheloe and Sault Ste. Marie: population, income, housing, and more.

Kincheloe and Sault Ste. Marie are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sault Ste. Marie has the higher population (13,373 vs 2,875 in Kincheloe). Sault Ste. Marie has the higher median household income ($55,031 vs $53,333 in Kincheloe). Sault Ste. Marie has the higher median home value ($127,300 vs $98,100 in Kincheloe).

Population, income & housing

	Kincheloe	Sault Ste. Marie
Population	2,875	13,373
Median age	31.0 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,333	$55,031
Median home value	$98,100	$127,300
Median gross rent	$839	$787
Housing units	885	6,476
Homeownership rate	47.6%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	19.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kincheloe	Sault Ste. Marie
Population	3,818 → 2,875 (-24.7%)	13,591 → 13,373 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$40,221 → $53,333 (+32.6%)	$38,341 → $55,031 (+43.5%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $98,100 (+21.1%)	$92,500 → $127,300 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $839 (+20.5%)	$698 → $787 (+12.8%)

Kincheloe

Population

3,8182,875

Median household income

$40,221$53,333

Median home value

$81,000$98,100

Median gross rent

$696$839

Sault Ste. Marie

Population

13,59113,373

Median household income

$38,341$55,031

Median home value

$92,500$127,300

Median gross rent

$698$787

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kincheloe	Sault Ste. Marie
Under 5	9.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	21.5%	13.5%
18 to 24	11.5%	16.7%
25 to 34	16.8%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.0%
45 to 54	6.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	8.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.9%	9.9%
75 and over	1.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kincheloe	Sault Ste. Marie
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	69.1%
Black or African American	4.7%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	22.2%	12.7%
Asian	1.9%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	14.9%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kincheloe	Sault Ste. Marie
No high school diploma	10.6%	6.2%
High school graduate	27.6%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kincheloe	Sault Ste. Marie
Drove alone	86.3%	74.3%
Carpooled	11.1%	8.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	5.0%
Other means	0.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kincheloe	Sault Ste. Marie
1-unit, detached	34.9%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	54.8%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Kincheloe	Sault Ste. Marie
Poverty rate	34.9%	18.7%
Average household size	3.41	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	19	14
Median year structure built	1962	1957