RANKING · 2024 ACS · 179 SHOWN OF 179

Highest renter share, Michigan cities

Michigan cities with the highest share of renter-occupied housing units (2024 ACS). This list covers the 179 cities in Michigan that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 179 is 32.9%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Chelsea, MI, up 65 places to #64.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPRENTER-OCCUPIEDVS 2000

01Ypsilanti, MIMI19,76666.8%−0.3 pts

02▲2Mount Pleasant, MIMI20,92564.3%−1.4 pts

03▼1Benton Harbor, MIMI8,80363.3%+1.4 pts

04▲1Houghton, MIMI8,56063.1%−0.5 pts

05▼2East Lansing, MIMI49,35561.5%−6.5 pts

06Big Rapids, MIMI8,62358.5%−5.4 pts

07▲4Kalamazoo, MIMI72,68357.7%+5.4 pts

08Wixom, MIMI17,31357.5%+1.2 pts

09▼2Highland Park, MIMI8,24855.5%−5.9 pts

10▲7Muskegon Heights, MIMI9,77055.1%+12.5 pts

11▲1Ann Arbor, MIMI122,23354.5%−0.2 pts

12▲6Marquette, MIMI21,94453.7%+3.6 pts

13▲7Comstock Northwest, MIMI5,39153.4%+9.3 pts

14▼4Pontiac, MIMI62,07753.4%+6.2 pts

15▼2Inkster, MIMI24,95953.2%+11.2 pts

16▲15Davison, MIMI5,03952.1%+9.1 pts

17▲41Beecher, MIMI8,41251.4%+14.2 pts

18▼3Comstock Park, MIMI10,57751.3%−5.5 pts

19▼5Detroit, MIMI649,09549.7%+4.5 pts

20▲3Lapeer, MIMI9,20149.5%+1.8 pts

21▼5Auburn Hills, MIMI25,92548.7%−0.2 pts

22▼3Springfield, MIMI5,24647.9%+4.1 pts

23▲10Center Line, MIMI8,50347.8%+6.8 pts

24▼15Allendale, MIMI26,67947.2%+18.6 pts

25▲13Three Rivers, MIMI7,91047.0%+11.6 pts

26▼1Muskegon, MIMI37,22446.9%+3.7 pts

27▼6Southfield, MIMI76,11146.6%+0.7 pts

28▼6Hillsdale, MIMI8,00246.4%+2.7 pts

29▲8Flint, MIMI79,30646.2%+5.0 pts

30▼4Lansing, MIMI113,88446.2%+3.7 pts

31▲1Howell, MIMI9,89646.1%+3.0 pts

32▲2Grand Rapids, MIMI201,18346.0%+5.7 pts

33▲20Jackson, MIMI31,02245.3%+2.9 pts

34▲10Waverly, MIMI23,57544.3%+5.4 pts

35▼8Adrian, MIMI20,19144.3%+0.7 pts

36▼8River Rouge, MIMI6,81442.7%+0.6 pts

37▲20St. Joseph, MIMI7,89342.0%−0.3 pts

38▼3Dowagiac, MIMI5,72541.9%+2.8 pts

39▼15Hamtramck, MIMI27,26141.7%−8.4 pts

40▲20Westwood, MIMI8,86741.3%+0.4 pts

41Utica, MIMI5,11440.9%−5.2 pts

42▲26Okemos, MIMI26,39640.8%+5.7 pts

43▲35Haslett, MIMI18,55940.6%+0.5 pts

44▲2Mount Clemens, MIMI15,41940.6%+1.3 pts

45▲28Dundee, MIMI6,00840.5%+5.5 pts

46▼6Ionia, MIMI12,20840.4%+1.2 pts

47▲23Ludington, MIMI7,63440.4%−1.2 pts

48▲19Grand Blanc, MIMI7,88040.4%−0.8 pts

49▼7Albion, MIMI7,47440.0%−0.9 pts

50▼7Saginaw, MIMI42,86340.0%+3.6 pts

51▲5Eastwood, MIMI6,66939.8%+6.0 pts

52▲2Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI13,08339.5%+1.5 pts

53▲16Greenville, MIMI9,25639.3%+0.9 pts

54▼4Wayne, MIMI17,06539.3%+4.4 pts

55▼8Melvindale, MIMI12,32539.2%+6.7 pts

56▼17Petoskey, MIMI5,77238.9%−9.2 pts

57▲6Westland, MIMI82,33338.7%+1.4 pts

58▲17Kentwood, MIMI54,77638.7%−0.4 pts

59▼7Sturgis, MIMI10,90038.4%−3.4 pts

60▼12Farmington, MIMI11,40938.3%+2.4 pts

61▼25Port Huron, MIMI28,27338.3%−4.6 pts

62▼32Ecorse, MIMI8,89337.8%−0.4 pts

63▲3Walled Lake, MIMI7,32037.8%+4.0 pts

64▲65Chelsea, MIMI5,42437.0%+3.5 pts

65▲15Fenton, MIMI11,77436.9%+3.2 pts

66▼21Niles, MIMI11,66536.8%−3.5 pts

67▼12Oak Park, MIMI29,07236.7%+11.5 pts

68▲3Traverse City, MIMI15,83236.3%−4.6 pts

69▲7Escanaba, MIMI12,25736.1%0.0 pts

70▼19Coldwater, MIMI14,21635.7%+2.7 pts

71▲18Riverview, MIMI11,94735.7%+0.2 pts

72▲64Zeeland, MIMI5,63735.6%+13.0 pts

73▲10Farmington Hills, MIMI83,29135.3%+2.2 pts

74▼12Madison Heights, MIMI28,29735.2%+5.3 pts

75▲6Walker, MIMI25,88134.8%−2.6 pts

76▲44Holt, MIMI25,31634.6%+1.8 pts

77▲15Roseville, MIMI46,86334.4%+9.6 pts

78▼17Alma, MIMI9,30434.1%−3.6 pts

79▼7Battle Creek, MIMI52,02134.0%−0.2 pts

80▲28Alpena, MIMI10,08834.0%+1.4 pts

81▼16Hazel Park, MIMI14,93733.9%+7.3 pts

82▲8Novi, MIMI67,31933.7%+4.8 pts

83▲29Marshall, MIMI6,80033.6%+0.5 pts

84▲2Brighton, MIMI7,90433.4%−3.9 pts

85▲21Ferndale, MIMI19,21233.4%+4.2 pts

86▲1Taylor, MIMI61,27933.3%+4.1 pts

87▼3Charlotte, MIMI9,30533.0%−0.4 pts

88▲33Grandville, MIMI17,01832.9%+6.5 pts

89▲21Midland, MIMI42,80632.9%+2.6 pts

90▼5Rochester, MIMI12,82432.9%−3.0 pts

91▲16Wyoming, MIMI78,58832.9%+0.5 pts

92▼33Harper Woods, MIMI14,86032.9%+15.1 pts

93▲3Southgate, MIMI28,93132.8%+3.4 pts

94▼6St. Louis, MIMI7,40632.7%+3.0 pts

95▲4Grand Ledge, MIMI7,85332.5%−1.1 pts

96▲4Holland, MIMI35,37232.2%−0.6 pts

97▲17Royal Oak, MIMI57,58332.0%+2.1 pts

98▲47St. Clair, MIMI5,83331.9%+3.5 pts

99▼25Owosso, MIMI14,43731.7%−2.5 pts

100▲15Grand Haven, MIMI11,03831.7%−0.7 pts

101▲25Milan, MIMI5,97331.6%−0.6 pts

102▲7Dearborn, MIMI105,61131.6%+5.0 pts

103▼54Allegan, MIMI5,12731.3%−5.6 pts

104▼1Mason, MIMI8,26431.3%−5.8 pts

105▼41Cadillac, MIMI10,43831.2%−4.2 pts

106▲12Lincoln Park, MIMI38,52931.2%+10.2 pts

107▼6Menominee, MIMI8,17531.0%+0.1 pts

108▲9Portage, MIMI49,86230.9%−0.1 pts

109▼11Plymouth, MIMI9,16430.8%−3.7 pts

110▲27Saline, MIMI9,00130.8%+2.4 pts

111▼34Monroe, MIMI20,07630.7%−7.3 pts

112▼21South Monroe, MIMI6,96030.4%+1.0 pts

113▲29Tecumseh, MIMI8,60830.3%+1.7 pts

114▼17St. Johns, MIMI7,78030.3%−1.6 pts

115▼36Eaton Rapids, MIMI5,21830.2%−1.0 pts

116▼11Ishpeming, MIMI6,20530.2%−4.9 pts

117▼22Fair Plain, MIMI7,33030.2%+0.1 pts

118▼14Cutlerville, MIMI18,78030.2%+0.7 pts

119Swartz Creek, MIMI5,82730.1%+4.1 pts

120▼26Romulus, MIMI24,54730.1%+0.5 pts

121▼8Bay City, MIMI31,86829.9%−0.5 pts

122▼29Eastpointe, MIMI33,81429.7%+17.7 pts

123▲8Dearborn Heights, MIMI60,66429.5%+15.0 pts

124▲6Whitmore Lake, MIMI7,87829.5%+9.7 pts

125▲3Frankenmuth, MIMI5,19729.1%−4.7 pts

126▼2Holly, MIMI5,90629.1%+4.4 pts

127▼2Warren, MIMI137,13828.9%+9.3 pts

128▼26Belding, MIMI6,00028.2%−5.4 pts

129▼100Buena Vista, MIMI5,79827.7%−1.1 pts

130▼14Iron Mountain, MIMI7,46927.7%−0.4 pts

131▼49Manistee, MIMI6,15726.8%−8.5 pts

132▲8Troy, MIMI88,73326.7%+4.0 pts

133▼6Fraser, MIMI14,49626.7%+0.2 pts

134▼2Wyandotte, MIMI24,07226.3%−0.6 pts

135▼24Hastings, MIMI7,49026.2%−4.9 pts

136▲13Temperance, MIMI8,91425.8%+10.9 pts

137▼3Woodhaven, MIMI12,50325.7%−1.7 pts

138▲1Grosse Pointe Park, MIMI11,09525.6%−3.3 pts

139▼16Bridgeport, MIMI6,88425.5%−2.8 pts

140▲1Clawson, MIMI11,31224.6%−0.3 pts

141▲2Sterling Heights, MIMI133,93124.2%+3.2 pts

142▼7Kingsford, MIMI5,09624.0%−3.9 pts

143▼10Burton, MIMI29,31323.8%+4.6 pts

144▲2Richmond, MIMI5,92723.4%−5.0 pts

145▲8Rochester Hills, MIMI77,53923.3%+2.4 pts

146▲1Birmingham, MIMI21,92322.9%−1.3 pts

147▲8Milford, MIMI6,52022.9%−2.5 pts

148▼10Rockford, MIMI6,31322.8%−10.9 pts

149▼27New Haven, MIMI6,74922.8%+3.2 pts

150▼2Flushing, MIMI8,17521.6%0.0 pts

151▲7Garden City, MIMI26,28020.9%+7.2 pts

152Northview, MIMI15,26820.8%−6.8 pts

153▲3Northville, MIMI6,01319.7%−4.5 pts

154▲11Shields, MIMI7,40219.4%+5.4 pts

155▼11Houghton Lake, MIMI5,76919.2%−3.8 pts

156▼6Gladstone, MIMI5,18919.0%−1.8 pts

157▼3South Lyon, MIMI12,10718.8%−6.4 pts

158▲2St. Clair Shores, MIMI57,87216.9%+2.7 pts

159▼8Flat Rock, MIMI10,21816.8%−10.8 pts

160▼1Trenton, MIMI17,84916.7%−2.4 pts

161▼4New Baltimore, MIMI12,12316.2%−12.3 pts

162▲1Marysville, MIMI9,86816.1%−1.0 pts

163▲3Freeland, MIMI7,55715.9%−2.0 pts

164Norton Shores, MIMI25,08815.8%+5.2 pts

165▼4Grosse Pointe, MIMI5,49014.1%−4.2 pts

166▼4Hudsonville, MIMI7,96413.8%+0.6 pts

167▲3Livonia, MIMI92,60312.8%+1.6 pts

168▼1Allen Park, MIMI27,44512.7%+0.6 pts

169Lake Fenton, MIMI6,41712.6%+5.8 pts

170▲1Jenison, MIMI17,58212.1%+3.2 pts

171▼3Berkley, MIMI15,14512.1%−2.1 pts

172▲1Grosse Pointe Woods, MIMI15,79210.2%+5.0 pts

173▲4East Grand Rapids, MIMI11,6636.1%−0.5 pts

174▲2Forest Hills, MIMI28,6956.0%+1.3 pts

175▼3Beverly Hills, MIMI10,4495.2%−2.7 pts

176▼2Lambertville, MIMI9,9554.2%−4.5 pts

177▼2Byron Center, MIMI7,4034.1%−4.4 pts

178▲1Huntington Woods, MIMI6,2743.9%+1.8 pts

179▼1Grosse Pointe Farms, MIMI9,7353.4%+0.2 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES