Mount Clemens vs St. Clair Shores

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

Mount Clemens 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 15,567 in Mount Clemens). St. Clair Shores has the higher median household income ($72,693 vs $57,663 in Mount Clemens). St. Clair Shores has the higher median home value ($196,400 vs $169,000 in Mount Clemens).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Clemens	St. Clair Shores
Population	15,567	58,287
Median age	42.4 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,663	$72,693
Median home value	$169,000	$196,400
Median gross rent	$899	$1,143
Housing units	7,087	28,575
Homeownership rate	61.5%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Clemens	St. Clair Shores
Population	16,315 → 15,567 (-4.6%)	59,528 → 58,287 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$43,018 → $57,663 (+34.0%)	$60,805 → $72,693 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$103,100 → $169,000 (+63.9%)	$135,800 → $196,400 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $899 (+20.5%)	$984 → $1,143 (+16.2%)

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

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)

	Mount Clemens	St. Clair Shores
Under 5	3.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	11.7%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	17.6%	15.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	16.4%	16.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	13.1%
75 and over	6.7%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Clemens	St. Clair Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	88.2%
Black or African American	22.7%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Clemens	St. Clair Shores
No high school diploma	11.5%	4.9%
High school graduate	33.0%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Clemens	St. Clair Shores
Drove alone	80.8%	78.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	6.1%
Public transit	1.2%	0.6%
Walked	2.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.5%	12.3%
Other means	1.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Clemens	St. Clair Shores
1-unit, detached	63.4%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	7.1%
20 or more units	6.8%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Mount Clemens	St. Clair Shores
Poverty rate	14.3%	7.7%
Average household size	2.10	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1955	1957