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Sault Ste. Marie city, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Sault Ste. Marie city is a Census city of 13,335 people across 14.76 square miles of land, in Chippewa County. Median household income is $55,328, 60.5 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Sault Ste. Marie
What Sault Ste. Marie is
- Census place typecity
- Land area14.76 sq mi
- Water area5.26 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land904
- County holding the largest share of its areaChippewa County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sault Ste. Marie
How many people live in Sault Ste. Marie
- Population13,335
- Median age34.0
- Population under 182,429
- Share under 1818.2 percent
- Population 65 and over2,196
- Share 65 and over16.5 percent
- Households5,860
- Family households2,904
- Share of households that are families49.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sault Ste. Marie
Income and work in Sault Ste. Marie
- Median household income$55,328
- Per capita income$29,676
- Civilian labor force7,049
- Employed6,706
- Unemployed343 plus or minus 135
- Unemployment rate4.9 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over8,492
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.6 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Sault Ste. Marie
- Housing units6,522
- Occupied units5,860
- Vacant units662 plus or minus 206
- Vacancy rate10.2 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Owner occupied3,543
- Renter occupied2,317
- Ownership rate60.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$139,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$804
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.4 percent
- Single family units4,622
- Share single family70.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,584
- Share in buildings of two or more24.3 percent
- Mobile homes316 plus or minus 124
- Median year structure built1956
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Sault Ste. Marie gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute6,437
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,778
- Share commuting under 15 minutes74.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more405 plus or minus 138
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more6.3 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Drove alone73.4 percent
- Carpooled9.9 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Public transport1.0 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Walked6.2 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Worked from home4.5 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sault Ste. Marie
SBA loans in Sault Ste. Marie (504)
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$1,791,000
- Average approval$358,200
- Median approval$267,000
- Largest approval$728,000
- Jobs supported11
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Chippewa County, not Sault Ste. Marie
Chippewa County context, not Sault Ste. Marie figures
These are Chippewa County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Sault Ste. Marie measurements.
- Establishments in Chippewa County778
- Employment at those establishments, Chippewa County8,650
- Covered employment, Chippewa County12,793
- Average annual pay, Chippewa County$52,748
- Average weekly wage, Chippewa County$1,014
- Housing units permitted, Chippewa County55
- Of those, single family, Chippewa County55
- County product, 2024, Chippewa County$1,602,948,000
- County product change over the prior year, Chippewa County4.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Chippewa County$69,656
Every figure in this section is published for Chippewa County as a whole and is not a measurement of Sault Ste. Marie. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Sault Ste. Marie questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan?
13,335, in 5,860 households. Sault Ste. Marie city covers 14.76 square miles of land, which is 904 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sault Ste. Marie in?
Chippewa County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Sault Ste. Marie?
$55,328. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $139,400. Median gross rent is $804 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Sault Ste. Marie figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Chippewa County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Sault Ste. Marie.
Is zoning published for Sault Ste. Marie?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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