Brown City vs Port Sanilac

A side-by-side comparison of Brown City and Port Sanilac: population, income, housing, and more.

Brown City and Port Sanilac are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brown City has the higher population (1,211 vs 787 in Port Sanilac). Brown City has the higher median household income ($60,357 vs $41,779 in Port Sanilac). Port Sanilac has the higher median home value ($154,500 vs $121,400 in Brown City).

Population, income & housing

	Brown City	Port Sanilac
Population	1,211	787
Median age	41.8 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,357	$41,779
Median home value	$121,400	$154,500
Median gross rent	$805	$831
Housing units	520	473
Homeownership rate	69.1%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown City	Port Sanilac
Population	1,201 → 1,211 (+0.8%)	592 → 787 (+32.9%)
Median household income	$39,438 → $60,357 (+53.0%)	$45,625 → $41,779 (-8.4%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $121,400 (+71.2%)	$125,500 → $154,500 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $805 (+22.9%)	$718 → $831 (+15.7%)

Brown City

Population

1,2011,211

Median household income

$39,438$60,357

Median home value

$70,900$121,400

Median gross rent

$655$805

Port Sanilac

Population

592787

Median household income

$45,625$41,779

Median home value

$125,500$154,500

Median gross rent

$718$831

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brown City	Port Sanilac
Under 5	3.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	19.7%	22.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	2.8%
25 to 34	7.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	1.9%
55 to 64	19.4%	18.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	17.4%
75 and over	7.3%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown City	Port Sanilac
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown City	Port Sanilac
No high school diploma	9.5%	8.5%
High school graduate	51.3%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown City	Port Sanilac
Drove alone	87.9%	78.7%
Carpooled	2.7%	14.3%
Public transit	1.5%	0.3%
Walked	1.9%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown City	Port Sanilac
1-unit, detached	73.1%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Brown City	Port Sanilac
Poverty rate	17.0%	15.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	33	35
Median year structure built	1959	1974