Saline vs Ypsilanti

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

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

Ypsilanti has the higher population (19,937 vs 8,976 in Saline). Saline has the higher median household income ($90,662 vs $44,141 in Ypsilanti). Saline has the higher median home value ($310,600 vs $223,700 in Ypsilanti).

Population, income & housing

	Saline	Ypsilanti
Population	8,976	19,937
Median age	46.0 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	$90,662	$44,141
Median home value	$310,600	$223,700
Median gross rent	$1,098	$1,034
Housing units	4,081	9,352
Homeownership rate	69.9%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.7%	45.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Saline	Ypsilanti
Population	9,251 → 8,976 (-3.0%)	20,828 → 19,937 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$78,203 → $90,662 (+15.9%)	$39,332 → $44,141 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$254,300 → $310,600 (+22.1%)	$151,300 → $223,700 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$951 → $1,098 (+15.5%)	$854 → $1,034 (+21.1%)

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

Ypsilanti

Population

20,82819,937

Median household income

$39,332$44,141

Median home value

$151,300$223,700

Median gross rent

$854$1,034

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Saline	Ypsilanti
Under 5	6.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	12.2%	11.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	29.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	19.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	7.9%
55 to 64	10.9%	7.4%
65 to 74	16.1%	5.6%
75 and over	11.9%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Saline	Ypsilanti
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	57.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	22.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	3.6%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Saline	Ypsilanti
No high school diploma	3.3%	6.3%
High school graduate	14.1%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	30.0%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Saline	Ypsilanti
Drove alone	76.3%	58.8%
Carpooled	2.8%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	7.8%
Walked	0.5%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	20.1%	15.2%
Other means	0.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Saline	Ypsilanti
1-unit, detached	65.6%	36.3%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	19.6%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	23.8%
20 or more units	11.3%	16.9%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Saline	Ypsilanti
Poverty rate	5.5%	25.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1980	1956