Port Huron is a city of 28,620 people in Michigan. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 18% of adults. The typical home is worth $149,300, having risen by half since 2000. The foreign-born share is 2%. Households here earn about 31% less than in Michigan as a whole. 22.6% of people here live below the federal poverty line.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $50,366, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 38.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
18% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Port Huron
What changed most since 1990
Population33,694 → 28,620(−15%)US over the same years: +35%
White share88.7% → 79.0%(−9.7 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree10.6% → 18.1%(+7.5 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Port Huron's population equals 18% of St. Clair County's. Its number of households without a car equals 39% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 36% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)19.1%(297)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)19%(295)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era30.3%(472)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War10.7%(166)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II7.5%(117)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,556 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Port Huron, decade by decade
Port Huron population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
33,694
$51,654
$97,443
10.6%
26.0
2000
32,338
$57,067
$154,476
11.3%
34.7
2010
30,184
$48,182
$146,303
13.8%
41.4
2020
28,983
$49,894
$117,447
16.9%
48.2
2024
28,620
$50,366
$149,300
18.1%
45.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
