Chelsea vs Saline

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

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

Saline has the higher population (8,976 vs 5,420 in Chelsea). Saline has the higher median household income ($90,662 vs $71,702 in Chelsea). Saline has the higher median home value ($310,600 vs $301,100 in Chelsea).

Population, income & housing

	Chelsea	Saline
Population	5,420	8,976
Median age	50.8 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,702	$90,662
Median home value	$301,100	$310,600
Median gross rent	$1,543	$1,098
Housing units	2,734	4,081
Homeownership rate	62.6%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.8%	56.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelsea	Saline
Population	5,331 → 5,420 (+1.7%)	9,251 → 8,976 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$83,750 → $71,702 (-14.4%)	$78,203 → $90,662 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$237,500 → $301,100 (+26.8%)	$254,300 → $310,600 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,084 → $1,543 (+42.3%)	$951 → $1,098 (+15.5%)

Chelsea

Population

5,3315,420

Median household income

$83,750$71,702

Median home value

$237,500$301,100

Median gross rent

$1,084$1,543

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)

	Chelsea	Saline
Under 5	3.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.8%	12.2%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.9%
65 to 74	14.7%	16.1%
75 and over	18.2%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelsea	Saline
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.1%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chelsea	Saline
No high school diploma	2.2%	3.3%
High school graduate	11.2%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	24.4%	30.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelsea	Saline
Drove alone	69.9%	76.3%
Carpooled	4.6%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	20.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chelsea	Saline
1-unit, detached	61.1%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	9.0%
20 or more units	13.0%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Chelsea	Saline
Poverty rate	3.8%	5.5%
Average household size	1.95	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1970	1980