Delta County vs Sanilac County

A side-by-side comparison of Delta County and Sanilac County: population, income, housing, and more.

Delta County and Sanilac County are counties in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sanilac County has the higher population (40,574 vs 36,829 in Delta County). Sanilac County has the higher median household income ($59,074 vs $54,829 in Delta County). Sanilac County has the higher median home value ($162,200 vs $146,800 in Delta County).

Population, income & housing

	Delta County	Sanilac County
Population	36,829	40,574
Median age	47.8 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,829	$59,074
Median home value	$146,800	$162,200
Median gross rent	$698	$814
Housing units	19,841	21,751
Homeownership rate	78.6%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delta County	Sanilac County
Population	36,026 → 36,829 (+2.2%)	41,295 → 40,574 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$47,434 → $54,829 (+15.6%)	$47,672 → $59,074 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$114,300 → $146,800 (+28.4%)	$111,200 → $162,200 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $698 (+19.5%)	$678 → $814 (+20.1%)

Delta County

Population

36,02636,829

Median household income

$47,434$54,829

Median home value

$114,300$146,800

Median gross rent

$584$698

Sanilac County

Population

41,29540,574

Median household income

$47,672$59,074

Median home value

$111,200$162,200

Median gross rent

$678$814

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delta County	Sanilac County
Under 5	4.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.7%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	9.7%	10.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	15.7%
65 to 74	15.5%	13.6%
75 and over	10.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delta County	Sanilac County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delta County	Sanilac County
No high school diploma	7.6%	9.3%
High school graduate	35.1%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delta County	Sanilac County
Drove alone	80.8%	77.3%
Carpooled	9.5%	9.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	2.3%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.5%	8.0%
Other means	0.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delta County	Sanilac County
1-unit, detached	78.5%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	3.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Delta County	Sanilac County
Poverty rate	14.0%	14.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1968	1970