Marine City vs Port Huron

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

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

Port Huron has the higher population (28,724 vs 4,047 in Marine City). Marine City has the higher median household income ($63,156 vs $49,377 in Port Huron). Marine City has the higher median home value ($146,500 vs $136,000 in Port Huron).

Population, income & housing

	Marine City	Port Huron
Population	4,047	28,724
Median age	49.2 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,156	$49,377
Median home value	$146,500	$136,000
Median gross rent	$872	$972
Housing units	2,266	13,471
Homeownership rate	83.1%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marine City	Port Huron
Population	4,102 → 4,047 (-1.3%)	29,025 → 28,724 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$50,236 → $63,156 (+25.7%)	$38,808 → $49,377 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$122,300 → $146,500 (+19.8%)	$86,700 → $136,000 (+56.9%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $872 (+8.6%)	$780 → $972 (+24.6%)

Marine City

Population

4,1024,047

Median household income

$50,236$63,156

Median home value

$122,300$146,500

Median gross rent

$803$872

Port Huron

Population

29,02528,724

Median household income

$38,808$49,377

Median home value

$86,700$136,000

Median gross rent

$780$972

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marine City	Port Huron
Under 5	3.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	12.0%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	10.2%
25 to 34	7.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	16.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	19.6%	10.1%
75 and over	8.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marine City	Port Huron
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	78.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.7%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marine City	Port Huron
No high school diploma	10.4%	11.0%
High school graduate	39.5%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marine City	Port Huron
Drove alone	78.5%	73.8%
Carpooled	10.9%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	6.3%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marine City	Port Huron
1-unit, detached	76.3%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	6.5%
20 or more units	1.6%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Marine City	Port Huron
Poverty rate	7.4%	22.1%
Average household size	2.06	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	1949	1955