Saline vs Whitmore Lake

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

Saline and Whitmore Lake 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 8,083 in Whitmore Lake). Saline has the higher median household income ($90,662 vs $78,038 in Whitmore Lake). Saline has the higher median home value ($310,600 vs $270,300 in Whitmore Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Saline	Whitmore Lake
Population	8,976	8,083
Median age	46.0 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$90,662	$78,038
Median home value	$310,600	$270,300
Median gross rent	$1,098	$1,268
Housing units	4,081	3,723
Homeownership rate	69.9%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.7%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Saline	Whitmore Lake
Population	9,251 → 8,976 (-3.0%)	6,618 → 8,083 (+22.1%)
Median household income	$78,203 → $90,662 (+15.9%)	$61,004 → $78,038 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$254,300 → $310,600 (+22.1%)	$174,800 → $270,300 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$951 → $1,098 (+15.5%)	$986 → $1,268 (+28.6%)

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

Whitmore Lake

Population

6,6188,083

Median household income

$61,004$78,038

Median home value

$174,800$270,300

Median gross rent

$986$1,268

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Saline	Whitmore Lake
Under 5	6.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	12.2%	13.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	17.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.7%
55 to 64	10.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	16.1%	8.8%
75 and over	11.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Saline	Whitmore Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	89.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	3.6%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Saline	Whitmore Lake
No high school diploma	3.3%	3.1%
High school graduate	14.1%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	30.0%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Saline	Whitmore Lake
Drove alone	76.3%	80.8%
Carpooled	2.8%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.1%	13.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Saline	Whitmore Lake
1-unit, detached	65.6%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	11.3%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Saline	Whitmore Lake
Poverty rate	5.5%	6.3%
Average household size	2.28	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1980	1986