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Place dossier plate
SheetMI-SUTTONS-BAY-MI · Suttons Bay, MI 587 pop · income 88th 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 Suttons Bay
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Suttons Bay on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Artemus · lowest
25,179
Artemus · lowest
25,179 median HH income
20.4% of the leader · rank #1
Lake Kiowa · near
123,098
Lake Kiowa · near
123,098 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
Suttons Bay · this city
123,125
Suttons Bay · this city
123,125 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #3
Between · near
123,125
Between · near
123,125 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #4
Aberdeen Prov… · near
123,125
Aberdeen Prov… · near
123,125 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Deale · highest
123,176
Deale · highest
123,176 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
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 Suttons Bay 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: 587.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Suttons Bay lands in the 88th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
88th
percentile, household income
86th
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: Suttons Bay, MI
Michigan's Suttons Bay is a small town, with 587 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Suttons Bay brings in $123,125 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 3.9%. Typical homes in Suttons Bay are valued around $524,700, and the median resident age is 69.4 years. About 63.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 38.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 1 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
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. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,113 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Michigan's average monthly utility costs around $238 (state average). Commute times here average 11.3 minutes, with 50.2% driving alone and 24.2% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 49.6 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Suttons Bay'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 housing and income to schools and households to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Suttons Bay, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Population change
Is Suttons Bay 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 +15 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.6% 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Suttons Bay?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.9%, 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. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
What does the education layer cover for Suttons Bay?
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 63.7% 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.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
Which cities make useful reference points for Suttons Bay?
Within Michigan, the closest population matches are South Range (587 residents, $54,583 income); Rose City (588 residents, $26,406 income); Trufant (586 residents, $83,750 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Newville, AL (587 residents); Mountain Mesa, CA (587 residents); Hopkins Park, IL (587 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.
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.
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 Suttons Bay?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 50.2%. The reported mean trip to work is 11.3 minutes.
Public transit
0.0%
Work from home
24.2%
Drive alone
50.2%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 219 workers age 16+.
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Michigan average
B+
City profile score · Suttons Bay, MI
77/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share A+
63.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A
$123,125
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate B
3.9%
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.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Suttons Bay profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 94/100 (A+) · 63.7%
Household income: 87/100 (A) · $123,125
Poverty rate: 72/100 (B) · 3.9%
Cost of living: 57/100 (C) · 96.2 index
How does Suttons Bay compare to other US cities?
Where Suttons Bay sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income88% higher than other cities
Home value86% 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 Suttons Bay 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 Suttons Bay near the bottom of Michigan's cities
Among the 727 Michigan cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Suttons Bay ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Suttons Bay only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#27 of 718
96th percentile in Michigan
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 727
0th percentile in Michigan
Median Home Value
#17 of 721
98th percentile in Michigan
Poverty Rate
#527 of 727
27th percentile in Michigan
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#36 of 727
95th 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
88th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Suttons Bay's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$524,70014th percentilemore affordable than 14% 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
Suttons Bay's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,422 of 15,516
More affordable than 26% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,826 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.3×, Suttons Bay sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,422 of 15,516 and #8,826 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
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
$123,125Suttons Bay, MI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Suttons Bay, 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 Suttons Bay, MI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)63.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)38.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
587
Median Income
$123,125
Median Home Value
$524,700
Median Age
69.4
Poverty Rate
3.9%
Labor force participation
38.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
63.7%
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Suttons Bay's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
572 residents
2021
579 residents
2022
585 residents
2023
587 residents
2024
583 residents
2025
587 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
11.3 minutes
Drive Alone
50.2%
Carpool
3.7%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
15.1%
Work from Home
24.2%
Other
6.8%
Based on 219 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 Suttons Bay. 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 Suttons Bay 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 Suttons Bay sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Suttons Bay 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, NCES CCD, 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.