Ann Arbor vs Saline

A side-by-side comparison of Ann Arbor and Saline: population, income, housing, and more.

Ann Arbor and Saline are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ann Arbor has the higher population (121,179 vs 8,976 in Saline). Saline has the higher median household income ($90,662 vs $81,089 in Ann Arbor). Ann Arbor has the higher median home value ($435,100 vs $310,600 in Saline).

Population, income & housing

	Ann Arbor	Saline
Population	121,179	8,976
Median age	27.7 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,089	$90,662
Median home value	$435,100	$310,600
Median gross rent	$1,552	$1,098
Housing units	53,715	4,081
Homeownership rate	45.6%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.7%	56.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ann Arbor	Saline
Population	120,735 → 121,179 (+0.4%)	9,251 → 8,976 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$65,745 → $81,089 (+23.3%)	$78,203 → $90,662 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$323,400 → $435,100 (+34.5%)	$254,300 → $310,600 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,237 → $1,552 (+25.5%)	$951 → $1,098 (+15.5%)

Ann Arbor

Population

120,735121,179

Median household income

$65,745$81,089

Median home value

$323,400$435,100

Median gross rent

$1,237$1,552

Saline

Population

9,2518,976

Median household income

$78,203$90,662

Median home value

$254,300$310,600

Median gross rent

$951$1,098

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ann Arbor	Saline
Under 5	3.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	8.8%	12.2%
18 to 24	31.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	16.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	8.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	7.9%	10.9%
65 to 74	7.3%	16.1%
75 and over	5.4%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ann Arbor	Saline
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	86.4%
Black or African American	7.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	15.1%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ann Arbor	Saline
No high school diploma	2.4%	3.3%
High school graduate	7.0%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	12.9%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	47.2%	30.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ann Arbor	Saline
Drove alone	45.6%	76.3%
Carpooled	5.0%	2.8%
Public transit	7.3%	0.0%
Walked	13.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	2.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.2%	20.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ann Arbor	Saline
1-unit, detached	41.9%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	21.7%	9.0%
20 or more units	14.8%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Ann Arbor	Saline
Poverty rate	23.0%	5.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1971	1980