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Port Sanilac, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Port Sanilac is a Census village of 812 people across 0.85 square miles of land, in Sanilac County. Median household income is $52,083, 82.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $764,700 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Port Sanilac
What Port Sanilac is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area0.85 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land954 plus or minus 237
- County holding the largest share of its areaSanilac 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.
Port Sanilac
How many people live in Port Sanilac
- Population812 plus or minus 202
- Median age51.2 plus or minus 16.0
- Population under 18201 plus or minus 69
- Share under 1824.8 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Population 65 and over224 plus or minus 60
- Share 65 and over27.6 percent
- Households372 plus or minus 80
- Family households235 plus or minus 60
- Share of households that are families63.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Port Sanilac
Income and work in Port Sanilac
- Median household income$52,083 plus or minus $19,135
- Per capita income$35,568 plus or minus $8,307
- Civilian labor force343 plus or minus 102
- Employed336 plus or minus 101
- Unemployed7 plus or minus 9
- Unemployment rate2.0 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Adults 25 and over590 plus or minus 120
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.9 percent plus or minus 25.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.7 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.8 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Port Sanilac
Housing in Port Sanilac
- Housing units481
- Occupied units372 plus or minus 80
- Vacant units109 plus or minus 42
- Vacancy rate22.7 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Owner occupied306 plus or minus 76
- Renter occupied66 plus or minus 37
- Ownership rate82.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$158,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$900 plus or minus $257
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.7 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Single family units445 plus or minus 92
- Share single family92.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more30 plus or minus 21
- Share in buildings of two or more6.2 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Mobile homes6 plus or minus 9
- Median year structure built1972
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Port Sanilac
How Port Sanilac gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute315 plus or minus 100
- Commuting under 15 minutes97 plus or minus 45
- Share commuting under 15 minutes30.8 percent plus or minus 10.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more148 plus or minus 63
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more47.0 percent plus or minus 13.2
- Drove alone81.8 percent
- Carpooled10.3 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Public transport0.3 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Walked3.0 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Worked from home4.5 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Port Sanilac
SBA loans in Port Sanilac (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$764,700
- Average approval$382,350
- Median approval$382,350
- Largest approval$674,700
- Jobs supported16
- Jobs per approval8.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term246 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Port Sanilac, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Port Sanilac
Flood risk in Port Sanilac
- NFIP communityVillage of Port Sanilac
- NFIP community number260779
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date08/10/21
The Village of Port Sanilac participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 260779 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Sanilac County, not Port Sanilac
Sanilac County context, not Port Sanilac figures
- Establishments in Sanilac County848
- Covered employment, Sanilac County10,437
- Average annual pay, Sanilac County$48,626
- Housing units permitted, Sanilac County63
Every figure in this section is published for Sanilac County as a whole and is not a measurement of Port Sanilac.
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.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Port Sanilac questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Port Sanilac, Michigan?
812, in 372 households. Port Sanilac village covers 0.85 square miles of land, which is 954 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Port Sanilac in?
Sanilac 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 Port Sanilac?
$52,083. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $158,800. Median gross rent is $900 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Port Sanilac businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totaling $764,700 since FY2020, across 2 lenders, median approval $382,350. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Port Sanilac, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Port Sanilac borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Port Sanilac. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Port Sanilac in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Port Sanilac appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Port Sanilac, village of, community 260779, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Port Sanilac figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Sanilac 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 Port Sanilac.
Is zoning published for Port Sanilac?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.