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SheetMI-EASTPOINTE-MI · Eastpointe, MI 34,003 pop · income 32nd 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 Eastpointe
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Eastpointe on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Jackson · lowest
42,848
Jackson · lowest
42,848 median HH income
19.5% of the leader · rank #1
St. Michaels · near
58,194
St. Michaels · near
58,194 median HH income
26.5% of the leader · rank #2
Hanover · near
58,194
Hanover · near
58,194 median HH income
26.5% of the leader · rank #3
Eastpointe · this city
58,196
Eastpointe · this city
58,196 median HH income
26.5% of the leader · rank #4
Warm Springs · near
58,203
Warm Springs · near
58,203 median HH income
26.5% of the leader · rank #5
Wagoner · near
58,206
Wagoner · near
58,206 median HH income
26.5% of the leader · rank #6
Lexington · highest
219,402
Lexington · highest
219,402 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, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Eastpointe on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 34,003.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Eastpointe - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Eastpointe lands in the 32nd percentile for household income and the 16th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
32nd
percentile, household income
20th
percentile, home value
32nd
percentile, median rent
16th
percentile, safety
📝 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: Eastpointe, MI
Eastpointe is a small city in Michigan, home to 34,003 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Eastpointe households earn a median of $58,196 annually, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 18.2%. Home values in Eastpointe run a median of $129,100, and the median resident age is 36.4 years. 14.8% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 53.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 1 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Low Activity). Eastpointe's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 2991.8 crimes per 100,000 residents, above the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Michigan run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Michigan scores 96.2 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,113 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Michigan run around $238, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Workers in Eastpointe report an average commute of 24.0 minutes, with 75.5% driving alone and 9.3% working from home. 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 Eastpointe'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 housing and income to comparison shortlist to schools and households to reported crime to work and mobility to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Eastpointe, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Eastpointe?
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 2.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 18.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Eastpointe?
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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Michigan, the closest population matches are Holland (34,266 residents, $72,905 income); Bay City (32,445 residents, $47,904 income); Jackson (31,206 residents, $42,848 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Syracuse, UT (34,009 residents); Kearney, NE (34,024 residents); Westlake, OH (34,036 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.
What does the education layer cover for Eastpointe?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 3 public schools within the city match. 14.8% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Eastpointe?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2991.8 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 31% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Eastpointe?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 75.5%. The reported mean trip to work is 24.0 minutes.
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.
Drive alone
75.5%
Work from home
9.3%
Public transit
1.1%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 14,244 workers age 16+.
Is Eastpointe growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -442 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -1.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 1 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
2020 estimate
34,256
2025 estimate
33,814
Period change
-1.3%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Below median income · poverty 18.2% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
96.2 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Michigan average
F
City profile score · Eastpointe, MI
27/100
5 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.
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 F
$58,196
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
14.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
18.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime F
720 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Eastpointe profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 57/100 (C) · 96.2 index
Household income: 32/100 (F) · $58,196
Bachelor's+ share: 20/100 (F) · 14.8%
Poverty rate: 17/100 (F) · 18.2%
Violent crime: 5/100 (F) · 720 /100k
Where Eastpointe sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Eastpointe's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Eastpointe highlighted among 12 peers.Read the chart values
Eastpointe, MI (this city): home $129,100, crime 2,992/100k
Syracuse, UT : home $531,600, crime 553/100k
Kearney, NE : home $235,800, crime 1,926/100k
Westlake, OH : home $336,100, crime 679/100k
Crown Point, IN : home $272,800, crime 608/100k
Weatherford, TX : home $285,000, crime 1,712/100k
Lexington, MA : home $1,147,900, crime 387/100k
Holland, MI : home $235,800, crime 1,615/100k
Bay City, MI : home $89,900, crime 2,432/100k
Jackson, MI : home $94,700, crime 4,797/100k
Southgate, MI : home $165,400, crime 2,463/100k
Burton, MI : home $131,200, crime 3,098/100k
How does Eastpointe compare to other US cities?
Where Eastpointe sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income32% higher than other cities
Home value20% pricier than other cities
Median rent32% pricier than other cities
Safety16% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Michigan and the picture shifts: Eastpointe ranks #225 of 254 Michigan cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Eastpointe 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 Eastpointe near the bottom of Michigan's cities
Among the 727 Michigan cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Eastpointe ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Eastpointe only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#387 of 718
46th percentile in Michigan
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 727
0th percentile in Michigan
Median Home Value
#424 of 721
41st percentile in Michigan
Poverty Rate
#96 of 727
86th percentile in Michigan
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#485 of 727
33rd 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
32nd percentile nationally for median household income · 16th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Eastpointe's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Eastpointe's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Eastpointe's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$129,100Among the most affordablemore affordable than 80% 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
Eastpointe's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#2,551 of 15,516
More affordable than 84% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#156 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 2.2×, Eastpointe sits in the affordable band:
national rank #2,551 of 15,516 and #156 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
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
$58,196Eastpointe, MI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Eastpointe, 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 Eastpointe, MI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)14.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)18.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)53.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
34,003
Median Income
$58,196
Median Home Value
$129,100
Median Age
36.4
Poverty Rate
18.2%
Labor force participation
53.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
14.8%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2991.8
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
719.6
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
2272.2
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
3
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Eastpointe's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
34,256 residents
2021
34,098 residents
2022
33,809 residents
2023
33,731 residents
2024
33,803 residents
2025
33,814 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Low Activity
Total Permits (2024)
1
housing units authorized
Single-Family
1
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
0
0
0
-
2020
52
52
0
$16.6M
2021
14
14
0
$4.5M
2022
0
0
0
-
2023
2
2
0
$0.3M
2024
1
1
0
$0.2M
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
24.0 minutes
Drive Alone
75.5%
Carpool
9.2%
Public Transit
1.1%
Walk
3.3%
Work from Home
9.3%
Other
1.6%
Based on 14,244 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 Eastpointe. 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 Eastpointe 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 Eastpointe sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Eastpointe 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, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, 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.