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Sandusky city, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Sandusky city is a Census city of 2,694 people across 2.15 square miles of land, in Sanilac County. Median household income is $56,563, 55.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 8 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.4 m.
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Sandusky
What Sandusky is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.15 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,255
- 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.
Sandusky
How many people live in Sandusky
- Population2,694
- Median age39.1
- Population under 18505 plus or minus 123
- Share under 1818.7 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Population 65 and over530 plus or minus 108
- Share 65 and over19.7 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Households1,150
- Family households627
- Share of households that are families54.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sandusky
Income and work in Sandusky
- Median household income$56,563 plus or minus $30,981
- Per capita income$31,430
- Civilian labor force1,282
- Employed1,218
- Unemployed64 plus or minus 36
- Unemployment rate5.0 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Adults 25 and over1,929
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.6 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.4 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sandusky
Housing in Sandusky
- Housing units1,206
- Occupied units1,150
- Vacant units56 plus or minus 52
- Vacancy rate4.6 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Owner occupied637
- Renter occupied513 plus or minus 103
- Ownership rate55.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$113,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$784
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.6 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Single family units885
- Share single family73.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more321 plus or minus 99
- Share in buildings of two or more26.6 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1966
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sandusky
How Sandusky gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,204
- Commuting under 15 minutes720
- Share commuting under 15 minutes59.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more321 plus or minus 112
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.7 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Drove alone81.4 percent
- Carpooled11.2 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Public transport2.0 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Walked3.0 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Worked from home1.1 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sandusky
SBA 7(a) lending to Sandusky borrowers
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$2,372,400
- Average approval$296,550
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,325,000
- Largest approval$1,325,000
- Jobs supported71
- Jobs per approval8.9
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more12.5 percent
- Share to franchises25.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sandusky
SBA 504 lending to Sandusky borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$411,000
- Average approval$205,500
- Median approval$213,000
- Largest approval$213,000
- Jobs supported5
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sanilac County, not Sandusky
Sanilac County context, not Sandusky figures
These are Sanilac County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Sandusky measurements.
- Establishments in Sanilac County848
- Employment at those establishments, Sanilac County8,997
- Covered employment, Sanilac County10,437
- Average annual pay, Sanilac County$48,626
- Average weekly wage, Sanilac County$935
- Housing units permitted, Sanilac County63
- Of those, single family, Sanilac County63
- County product, 2024, Sanilac County$1,746,995,000
- County product change over the prior year, Sanilac County5.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Sanilac County$57,790
Every figure in this section is published for Sanilac County as a whole and is not a measurement of Sandusky. 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
Sandusky questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sandusky, Michigan?
2,694, in 1,150 households. Sandusky city covers 2.15 square miles of land, which is 1,255 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sandusky 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 Sandusky?
$56,563. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $113,800. Median gross rent is $784 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Sandusky businesses?
8 7(a) approvals totalling $2.4 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $411,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sandusky, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Sandusky borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Sandusky. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Sandusky figures?
No, and they are labelled 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 Sandusky.
Is zoning published for Sandusky?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.