Port Huron vs St. Clair

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

Port Huron and St. Clair 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 5,581 in St. Clair). St. Clair has the higher median household income ($68,482 vs $49,377 in Port Huron). St. Clair has the higher median home value ($241,700 vs $136,000 in Port Huron).

Population, income & housing

	Port Huron	St. Clair
Population	28,724	5,581
Median age	38.3 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,377	$68,482
Median home value	$136,000	$241,700
Median gross rent	$972	$1,033
Housing units	13,471	2,439
Homeownership rate	62.2%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Huron	St. Clair
Population	29,025 → 28,724 (-1.0%)	5,327 → 5,581 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$38,808 → $49,377 (+27.2%)	$71,845 → $68,482 (-4.7%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $136,000 (+56.9%)	$157,700 → $241,700 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $972 (+24.6%)	$739 → $1,033 (+39.8%)

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

St. Clair

Population

5,3275,581

Median household income

$71,845$68,482

Median home value

$157,700$241,700

Median gross rent

$739$1,033

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Port Huron	St. Clair
Under 5	5.9%	2.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	18.9%
18 to 24	10.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	15.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.0%
75 and over	7.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Huron	St. Clair
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	94.5%
Black or African American	6.8%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Huron	St. Clair
No high school diploma	11.0%	4.1%
High school graduate	34.6%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Huron	St. Clair
Drove alone	73.8%	76.5%
Carpooled	15.4%	13.8%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	3.2%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	6.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Huron	St. Clair
1-unit, detached	70.5%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	5.6%
20 or more units	6.1%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Port Huron	St. Clair
Poverty rate	22.1%	9.6%
Average household size	2.29	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1955	1960