Eastpointe vs St. Clair Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Eastpointe and St. Clair Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

Eastpointe and St. Clair Shores are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Clair Shores has the higher population (58,287 vs 34,003 in Eastpointe). St. Clair Shores has the higher median household income ($72,693 vs $58,196 in Eastpointe). St. Clair Shores has the higher median home value ($196,400 vs $129,100 in Eastpointe).

Population, income & housing

	Eastpointe	St. Clair Shores
Population	34,003	58,287
Median age	36.4 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,196	$72,693
Median home value	$129,100	$196,400
Median gross rent	$1,335	$1,143
Housing units	14,124	28,575
Homeownership rate	68.9%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastpointe	St. Clair Shores
Population	32,443 → 34,003 (+4.8%)	59,528 → 58,287 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$49,849 → $58,196 (+16.7%)	$60,805 → $72,693 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$77,200 → $129,100 (+67.2%)	$135,800 → $196,400 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,095 → $1,335 (+21.9%)	$984 → $1,143 (+16.2%)

Eastpointe

Population

32,44334,003

Median household income

$49,849$58,196

Median home value

$77,200$129,100

Median gross rent

$1,095$1,335

St. Clair Shores

Population

59,52858,287

Median household income

$60,805$72,693

Median home value

$135,800$196,400

Median gross rent

$984$1,143

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastpointe	St. Clair Shores
Under 5	5.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.1%	11.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	15.1%	15.8%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	16.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.1%
75 and over	4.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastpointe	St. Clair Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	38.5%	88.2%
Black or African American	53.0%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastpointe	St. Clair Shores
No high school diploma	11.3%	4.9%
High school graduate	34.4%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastpointe	St. Clair Shores
Drove alone	75.5%	78.8%
Carpooled	9.2%	6.1%
Public transit	1.1%	0.6%
Walked	3.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.3%	12.3%
Other means	1.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastpointe	St. Clair Shores
1-unit, detached	90.5%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	7.1%
20 or more units	1.7%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Eastpointe	St. Clair Shores
Poverty rate	18.2%	7.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1954	1957