Saginaw vs Shields

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

Saginaw and Shields 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 7,276 in Shields). Shields has the higher median household income ($83,986 vs $37,298 in Saginaw). Shields has the higher median home value ($173,300 vs $54,000 in Saginaw).

Population, income & housing

	Saginaw	Shields
Population	43,879	7,276
Median age	36.2 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$37,298	$83,986
Median home value	$54,000	$173,300
Median gross rent	$909	$937
Housing units	20,994	3,211
Homeownership rate	59.0%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Saginaw	Shields
Population	48,650 → 43,879 (-9.8%)	5,945 → 7,276 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$29,582 → $37,298 (+26.1%)	$61,250 → $83,986 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$40,100 → $54,000 (+34.7%)	$125,200 → $173,300 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$734 → $909 (+23.8%)	$770 → $937 (+21.7%)

Saginaw

Population

48,65043,879

Median household income

$29,582$37,298

Median home value

$40,100$54,000

Median gross rent

$734$909

Shields

Population

5,9457,276

Median household income

$61,250$83,986

Median home value

$125,200$173,300

Median gross rent

$770$937

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Saginaw	Shields
Under 5	7.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	18.1%	13.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.8%	5.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	15.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	16.2%
75 and over	5.5%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Saginaw	Shields
White (non-Hispanic)	34.7%	89.9%
Black or African American	45.7%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Saginaw	Shields
No high school diploma	16.8%	7.1%
High school graduate	35.6%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Saginaw	Shields
Drove alone	76.6%	86.6%
Carpooled	13.0%	3.6%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	7.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Saginaw	Shields
1-unit, detached	78.7%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	4.9%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Saginaw	Shields
Poverty rate	33.5%	13.2%
Average household size	2.41	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1949	1976