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SheetMI-ST-IGNACE-MI · St. Ignace, MI 2,409 pop · income 36th 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 St. Ignace
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest St. Ignace on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Lipscomb · lowest
45,792
Lipscomb · lowest
45,792 median HH income
38.3% of the leader · rank #1
Port Charlotte · near
60,729
Port Charlotte · near
60,729 median HH income
50.8% of the leader · rank #2
Miles City · near
60,732
Miles City · near
60,732 median HH income
50.8% of the leader · rank #3
St. Ignace · this city
60,735
St. Ignace · this city
60,735 median HH income
50.8% of the leader · rank #4
Mound City · near
60,735
Mound City · near
60,735 median HH income
50.8% of the leader · rank #5
Oak City · near
60,739
Oak City · near
60,739 median HH income
50.8% of the leader · rank #6
Elysburg · highest
119,646
Elysburg · highest
119,646 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 St. Ignace 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: 2,409.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
St. Ignace - the verdict
Nationally, St. Ignace sits in the 36th percentile for household income and the 83rd percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
36th
percentile, household income
20th
percentile, home value
32nd
percentile, median rent
83rd
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: St. Ignace, MI
Michigan's St. Ignace is a small town, with 2,409 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in St. Ignace report a median income of $60,735 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 5.9%. Typical homes in St. Ignace are valued around $127,800, and the median resident age is 48.1 years. Educational attainment runs 17.3% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 54.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
St. Ignace reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 567.7 incidents per 100,000 residents, below the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
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). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,113 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Michigan's average monthly utility costs around $238 (state average). 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 St. Ignace'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 population change to work and mobility to housing and income to comparison shortlist to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For St. Ignace, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Population change
Is St. Ignace growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +66 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.9% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
What does the journey to work look like in St. Ignace?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 65.7%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
How far does income reach against housing in St. Ignace?
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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.
Which cities make useful reference points for St. Ignace?
Within Michigan, the closest population matches are Chesaning (2,411 residents, $57,426 income); Charlevoix (2,420 residents, $52,344 income); Hudson (2,385 residents, $57,500 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Fairmont, IL (2,409 residents); Coudersport, PA (2,409 residents); Brooklyn, IN (2,410 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 5 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.
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.
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.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in St. Ignace?
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.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 567.7 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 75% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
524.0
Violent rate
43.7
Total reported rate
567.7
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Below median income · poverty 5.9% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
96.2 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Michigan average
C-
City profile score · St. Ignace, MI
53/100
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.
Violent crime A
44 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate C+
5.9%
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 F
$60,735
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
17.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
St. Ignace profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 85/100 (A) · 44 /100k
Poverty rate: 60/100 (C+) · 5.9%
Cost of living: 57/100 (C) · 96.2 index
Household income: 36/100 (F) · $60,735
Bachelor's+ share: 26/100 (F) · 17.3%
Where St. Ignace sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
St. Ignace'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 - St. Ignace highlighted among 26 peers.Read the chart values
St. Ignace, MI (this city): home $127,800, crime 568/100k
Coudersport, PA : home $119,600, crime 393/100k
Lipscomb, AL : home $93,900, crime 404/100k
Charlevoix, MI : home $294,400, crime 1,662/100k
Hudson, MI : home $103,100, crime 1,024/100k
Bridgman, MI : home $228,800, crime 637/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does St. Ignace compare to other US cities?
Here's how St. Ignace stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income36% higher than other cities
Home value20% pricier than other cities
Median rent32% pricier than other cities
Safety83% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Michigan alone, St. Ignace ranks #46 of 254 Michigan cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares St. Ignace 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 St. Ignace near the bottom of Michigan's cities
Among the 727 Michigan cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, St. Ignace ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares St. Ignace only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#350 of 718
51st percentile in Michigan
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 727
0th percentile in Michigan
Median Home Value
#428 of 721
40th percentile in Michigan
Poverty Rate
#445 of 727
38th percentile in Michigan
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#412 of 727
43rd 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
36th percentile nationally for median household income · 83rd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
St. Ignace's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
St. Ignace'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 St. Ignace's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$127,800Among 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
St. Ignace's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#2,022 of 15,516
More affordable than 87% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,916 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.1×, St. Ignace sits in the affordable band:
national rank #2,022 of 15,516 and #1,916 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
$60,735St. Ignace, MI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context St. Ignace, 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 St. Ignace, MI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)17.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)54.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,409
Median Income
$60,735
Median Home Value
$127,800
Median Age
48.1
Poverty Rate
5.9%
Labor force participation
54.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
17.3%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
567.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
43.7
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
524.0
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.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
St. Ignace's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
2,285 residents
2021
2,304 residents
2022
2,310 residents
2023
2,293 residents
2024
2,324 residents
2025
2,351 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
65.7%
Carpool
1.4%
Public Transit
22.9%
Walk
3.0%
Work from Home
5.5%
Other
1.5%
Based on 1,137 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 St. Ignace. 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 St. Ignace 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 St. Ignace sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How St. Ignace 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, 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.