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SheetMI-CANADA-CREEK-RANCH-MI · Canada Creek Ranch, MI 328 pop · income 54th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Canada Creek Ranch
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Canada Creek Ranch on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Shorter · lowest
31,250
Shorter · lowest
31,250 median HH income
26.5% of the leader · rank #1
Canada Creek… · this city
72,991
Canada Creek… · this city
72,991 median HH income
61.8% of the leader · rank #2
Oneida · near
73,000
Oneida · near
73,000 median HH income
61.8% of the leader · rank #3
Etowah · near
73,000
Etowah · near
73,000 median HH income
61.8% of the leader · rank #4
Holmesville · near
73,000
Holmesville · near
73,000 median HH income
61.8% of the leader · rank #5
Colman · near
73,000
Colman · near
73,000 median HH income
61.8% of the leader · rank #6
Wacissa · highest
118,144
Wacissa · highest
118,144 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Canada Creek Ranch on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 328.
Canada Creek Ranch ranks in the 54th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
54th
percentile, household income
36th
percentile, home value
32nd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Canada Creek Ranch, MI
328 people live in Canada Creek Ranch, Michigan - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $72,991 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 3.5%. Home values in Canada Creek Ranch run a median of $177,000, and the median resident age is 67.9 years. 25.8% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 28.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Michigan run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Michigan at 96.2 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Below Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,113 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Michigan run around $238, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 49.6 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Canada Creek Ranch's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Canada Creek Ranch, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Canada Creek Ranch?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 71.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
How far does income reach against housing in Canada Creek Ranch?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Canada Creek Ranch?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Michigan, the closest population matches are Henderson (330 residents, $83,571 income); Rosebush (330 residents, $32,404 income); Gaastra (324 residents, $57,500 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Shorter, AL (328 residents); Clarksburg, CA (328 residents); Dewey Beach, DE (328 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Michigan average
C
City profile score · Canada Creek Ranch, MI
59/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate B+
3.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living C
96.2 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income C-
$72,991
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share C-
25.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Canada Creek Ranch profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 75/100 (B+) · 3.5%
Cost of living: 57/100 (C) · 96.2 index
Household income: 52/100 (C-) · $72,991
Bachelor's+ share: 51/100 (C-) · 25.8%
How does Canada Creek Ranch compare to other US cities?
Where Canada Creek Ranch sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income54% higher than other cities
Home value36% pricier than other cities
Median rent32% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Canada Creek Ranch against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Michigan only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Michigan-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Canada Creek Ranch near the bottom of Michigan's cities
Among the 727 Michigan cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Canada Creek Ranch ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Canada Creek Ranch only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#201 of 718
72nd percentile in Michigan
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 727
0th percentile in Michigan
Median Home Value
#280 of 721
61st percentile in Michigan
Poverty Rate
#548 of 727
24th percentile in Michigan
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#250 of 727
65th percentile in Michigan
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Michigan only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
54th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Canada Creek Ranch's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$177,000Among the most affordablemore affordable than 64% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Canada Creek Ranch's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#3,623 of 15,516
More affordable than 77% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,292 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.4×, Canada Creek Ranch sits in the affordable band:
national rank #3,623 of 15,516 and #3,292 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$72,991Canada Creek Ranch, MI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Canada Creek Ranch, MI median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Canada Creek Ranch, MI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)25.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)28.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
328
Median Income
$72,991
Median Home Value
$177,000
Median Age
67.9
Poverty Rate
3.5%
Labor force participation
28.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
25.8%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
71.4%
Carpool
16.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
12.1%
Based on 91 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Michigan statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $238
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Michigan at $238 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $48 ).
These are Michigan statewide averages, not a meter reading for Canada Creek Ranch. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Michigan's BEA cost-of-living index is 96.2 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Canada Creek Ranch is $1,113/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Michigan statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 49.6 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Michigan statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Canada Creek Ranch sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Canada Creek Ranch compares to similar-size Michigan cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.