Deckerville vs Port Sanilac

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

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

Deckerville has the higher population (1,057 vs 787 in Port Sanilac). Deckerville has the higher median household income ($59,375 vs $41,779 in Port Sanilac). Port Sanilac has the higher median home value ($154,500 vs $81,900 in Deckerville).

Population, income & housing

	Deckerville	Port Sanilac
Population	1,057	787
Median age	34.3 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,375	$41,779
Median home value	$81,900	$154,500
Median gross rent	$802	$831
Housing units	432	473
Homeownership rate	63.8%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deckerville	Port Sanilac
Population	830 → 1,057 (+27.3%)	592 → 787 (+32.9%)
Median household income	$33,235 → $59,375 (+78.7%)	$45,625 → $41,779 (-8.4%)
Median home value	$67,300 → $81,900 (+21.7%)	$125,500 → $154,500 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$603 → $802 (+33.0%)	$718 → $831 (+15.7%)

Deckerville

Population

8301,057

Median household income

$33,235$59,375

Median home value

$67,300$81,900

Median gross rent

$603$802

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)

	Deckerville	Port Sanilac
Under 5	8.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	13.6%	22.6%
18 to 24	12.5%	2.8%
25 to 34	16.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	7.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	1.9%
55 to 64	9.6%	18.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	17.4%
75 and over	8.8%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deckerville	Port Sanilac
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deckerville	Port Sanilac
No high school diploma	14.6%	8.5%
High school graduate	40.8%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deckerville	Port Sanilac
Drove alone	74.9%	78.7%
Carpooled	9.3%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	10.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deckerville	Port Sanilac
1-unit, detached	75.7%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Deckerville	Port Sanilac
Poverty rate	19.6%	15.9%
Average household size	2.41	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	18	35
Median year structure built	1955	1974