Center Line vs Mount Clemens

A side-by-side comparison of Center Line and Mount Clemens: population, income, housing, and more.

Center Line and Mount Clemens are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mount Clemens has the higher population (15,567 vs 8,448 in Center Line). Mount Clemens has the higher median household income ($57,663 vs $52,857 in Center Line). Mount Clemens has the higher median home value ($169,000 vs $145,300 in Center Line).

Population, income & housing

	Center Line	Mount Clemens
Population	8,448	15,567
Median age	39.9 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,857	$57,663
Median home value	$145,300	$169,000
Median gross rent	$627	$899
Housing units	3,789	7,087
Homeownership rate	57.3%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center Line	Mount Clemens
Population	8,260 → 8,448 (+2.3%)	16,315 → 15,567 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$45,242 → $52,857 (+16.8%)	$43,018 → $57,663 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $145,300 (+65.7%)	$103,100 → $169,000 (+63.9%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $627 (-7.9%)	$746 → $899 (+20.5%)

Center Line

Population

8,2608,448

Median household income

$45,242$52,857

Median home value

$87,700$145,300

Median gross rent

$681$627

Mount Clemens

Population

16,31515,567

Median household income

$43,018$57,663

Median home value

$103,100$169,000

Median gross rent

$746$899

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center Line	Mount Clemens
Under 5	3.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.8%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	16.0%	17.6%
35 to 44	10.3%	14.4%
45 to 54	14.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	16.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.9%
75 and over	4.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center Line	Mount Clemens
White (non-Hispanic)	50.7%	64.7%
Black or African American	29.5%	22.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	10.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center Line	Mount Clemens
No high school diploma	13.1%	11.5%
High school graduate	26.6%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center Line	Mount Clemens
Drove alone	74.8%	80.8%
Carpooled	15.3%	7.3%
Public transit	0.3%	1.2%
Walked	0.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.1%	6.5%
Other means	3.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center Line	Mount Clemens
1-unit, detached	62.4%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	10.5%
20 or more units	14.1%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Center Line	Mount Clemens
Poverty rate	12.6%	14.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1959	1955