Muir vs Saranac

A side-by-side comparison of Muir and Saranac: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Saranac has the higher population (1,973 vs 637 in Muir). Saranac has the higher median household income ($64,157 vs $51,667 in Muir). Saranac has the higher median home value ($183,300 vs $132,200 in Muir).

Population, income & housing

	Muir	Saranac
Population	637	1,973
Median age	33.8 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,667	$64,157
Median home value	$132,200	$183,300
Median gross rent	$543	$415
Housing units	256	760
Homeownership rate	55.5%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muir	Saranac
Population	733 → 637 (-13.1%)	1,409 → 1,973 (+40.0%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $51,667 (+42.5%)	$47,159 → $64,157 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$60,600 → $132,200 (+118.2%)	$109,200 → $183,300 (+67.9%)
Median gross rent	$420 → $543 (+29.3%)	$460 → $415 (-9.8%)

Muir

Population

733637

Median household income

$36,250$51,667

Median home value

$60,600$132,200

Median gross rent

$420$543

Saranac

Population

1,4091,973

Median household income

$47,159$64,157

Median home value

$109,200$183,300

Median gross rent

$460$415

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Muir	Saranac
Under 5	7.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.8%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	17.8%
25 to 34	18.4%	11.7%
35 to 44	15.5%	8.4%
45 to 54	4.9%	18.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.3%	5.9%
75 and over	6.8%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muir	Saranac
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muir	Saranac
No high school diploma	11.1%	5.6%
High school graduate	36.9%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	46.9%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muir	Saranac
Drove alone	87.2%	82.9%
Carpooled	12.3%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muir	Saranac
1-unit, detached	60.2%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	18.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	17.5%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Muir	Saranac
Poverty rate	7.2%	13.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1967	1968