Brown City vs Sandusky

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

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

Sandusky has the higher population (2,692 vs 1,211 in Brown City). Sandusky has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $60,357 in Brown City). Brown City has the higher median home value ($121,400 vs $112,300 in Sandusky).

Population, income & housing

	Brown City	Sandusky
Population	1,211	2,692
Median age	41.8 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,357	$60,625
Median home value	$121,400	$112,300
Median gross rent	$805	$724
Housing units	520	1,252
Homeownership rate	69.1%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown City	Sandusky
Population	1,201 → 1,211 (+0.8%)	2,534 → 2,692 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$39,438 → $60,357 (+53.0%)	$39,125 → $60,625 (+55.0%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $121,400 (+71.2%)	$82,400 → $112,300 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $805 (+22.9%)	$566 → $724 (+27.9%)

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

Sandusky

Population

2,5342,692

Median household income

$39,125$60,625

Median home value

$82,400$112,300

Median gross rent

$566$724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brown City	Sandusky
Under 5	3.8%	2.5%
5 to 17	19.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.3%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	9.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	19.4%	17.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.1%
75 and over	7.3%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown City	Sandusky
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown City	Sandusky
No high school diploma	9.5%	11.1%
High school graduate	51.3%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown City	Sandusky
Drove alone	87.9%	81.8%
Carpooled	2.7%	10.4%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown City	Sandusky
1-unit, detached	73.1%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	14.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brown City	Sandusky
Poverty rate	17.0%	10.5%
Average household size	2.39	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	33	20
Median year structure built	1959	1969