Frankenmuth vs Saginaw

A side-by-side comparison of Frankenmuth and Saginaw: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Saginaw has the higher population (43,879 vs 5,108 in Frankenmuth). Frankenmuth has the higher median household income ($84,583 vs $37,298 in Saginaw). Frankenmuth has the higher median home value ($277,600 vs $54,000 in Saginaw).

Population, income & housing

	Frankenmuth	Saginaw
Population	5,108	43,879
Median age	51.8 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$84,583	$37,298
Median home value	$277,600	$54,000
Median gross rent	$814	$909
Housing units	2,661	20,994
Homeownership rate	69.1%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.9%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	11.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frankenmuth	Saginaw
Population	5,274 → 5,108 (-3.1%)	48,650 → 43,879 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$62,427 → $84,583 (+35.5%)	$29,582 → $37,298 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$190,700 → $277,600 (+45.6%)	$40,100 → $54,000 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $814 (+21.1%)	$734 → $909 (+23.8%)

Frankenmuth

Population

5,2745,108

Median household income

$62,427$84,583

Median home value

$190,700$277,600

Median gross rent

$672$814

Saginaw

Population

48,65043,879

Median household income

$29,582$37,298

Median home value

$40,100$54,000

Median gross rent

$734$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frankenmuth	Saginaw
Under 5	5.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	13.7%	18.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	14.8%
35 to 44	7.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.0%
65 to 74	14.0%	9.5%
75 and over	14.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frankenmuth	Saginaw
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	34.7%
Black or African American	4.3%	45.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frankenmuth	Saginaw
No high school diploma	1.2%	16.8%
High school graduate	23.5%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frankenmuth	Saginaw
Drove alone	76.5%	76.6%
Carpooled	7.7%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	12.2%	6.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frankenmuth	Saginaw
1-unit, detached	62.0%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	4.0%
20 or more units	15.6%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Frankenmuth	Saginaw
Poverty rate	3.6%	33.5%
Average household size	2.06	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1976	1949