New Baltimore vs St. Clair Shores

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

New Baltimore 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 12,060 in New Baltimore). New Baltimore has the higher median household income ($97,027 vs $72,693 in St. Clair Shores). New Baltimore has the higher median home value ($309,800 vs $196,400 in St. Clair Shores).

Population, income & housing

	New Baltimore	St. Clair Shores
Population	12,060	58,287
Median age	42.9 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$97,027	$72,693
Median home value	$309,800	$196,400
Median gross rent	$1,081	$1,143
Housing units	4,931	28,575
Homeownership rate	82.3%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Baltimore	St. Clair Shores
Population	12,358 → 12,060 (-2.4%)	59,528 → 58,287 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$77,730 → $97,027 (+24.8%)	$60,805 → $72,693 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$225,400 → $309,800 (+37.4%)	$135,800 → $196,400 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $1,081 (+45.9%)	$984 → $1,143 (+16.2%)

New Baltimore

Population

12,35812,060

Median household income

$77,730$97,027

Median home value

$225,400$309,800

Median gross rent

$741$1,081

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)

	New Baltimore	St. Clair Shores
Under 5	4.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.1%	11.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	15.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	15.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	16.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	13.1%
75 and over	6.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Baltimore	St. Clair Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	88.2%
Black or African American	1.6%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Baltimore	St. Clair Shores
No high school diploma	8.2%	4.9%
High school graduate	24.2%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Baltimore	St. Clair Shores
Drove alone	85.3%	78.8%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.6%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.9%	12.3%
Other means	0.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Baltimore	St. Clair Shores
1-unit, detached	76.6%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	7.1%
20 or more units	6.8%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	New Baltimore	St. Clair Shores
Poverty rate	4.9%	7.7%
Average household size	2.59	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1994	1957