Marysville vs Port Huron

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

Marysville 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 9,942 in Marysville). Marysville has the higher median household income ($69,661 vs $49,377 in Port Huron). Marysville has the higher median home value ($185,500 vs $136,000 in Port Huron).

Population, income & housing

	Marysville	Port Huron
Population	9,942	28,724
Median age	43.6 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,661	$49,377
Median home value	$185,500	$136,000
Median gross rent	$955	$972
Housing units	4,588	13,471
Homeownership rate	85.6%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marysville	Port Huron
Population	9,693 → 9,942 (+2.6%)	29,025 → 28,724 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$62,438 → $69,661 (+11.6%)	$38,808 → $49,377 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$133,600 → $185,500 (+38.8%)	$86,700 → $136,000 (+56.9%)
Median gross rent	$834 → $955 (+14.5%)	$780 → $972 (+24.6%)

Marysville

Population

9,6939,942

Median household income

$62,438$69,661

Median home value

$133,600$185,500

Median gross rent

$834$955

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)

	Marysville	Port Huron
Under 5	4.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	10.2%
25 to 34	9.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.3%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.1%
75 and over	8.5%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marysville	Port Huron
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	78.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marysville	Port Huron
No high school diploma	6.5%	11.0%
High school graduate	25.9%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marysville	Port Huron
Drove alone	81.8%	73.8%
Carpooled	6.2%	15.4%
Public transit	0.4%	1.8%
Walked	0.7%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	4.9%
Other means	0.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marysville	Port Huron
1-unit, detached	66.8%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	6.5%
20 or more units	5.3%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Marysville	Port Huron
Poverty rate	6.2%	22.1%
Average household size	2.29	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1978	1955