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Least educated, Michigan cities

Michigan cities with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a bachelor's degree or higher (2024 ACS). This list covers the 179 cities in Michigan that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 179 is 28.9%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: New Haven, MI, up 31 places to #62.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPBACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHERVS 2000

01▲1Beecher, MIMI8,4125.2%+1.3 pts

02▲4St. Louis, MIMI7,4066.4%−6.5 pts

03▲2River Rouge, MIMI6,8146.6%+1.1 pts

04▼1Benton Harbor, MIMI8,8037.4%+3.2 pts

05▲3Ecorse, MIMI8,8938.4%+3.7 pts

06▼2Muskegon Heights, MIMI9,7708.6%+4.1 pts

07▲8Bridgeport, MIMI6,8849.7%−1.5 pts

08▲4Ionia, MIMI12,20810.0%+0.9 pts

09▼8Buena Vista, MIMI5,79811.1%+3.5 pts

10▲3Lincoln Park, MIMI38,52911.5%+4.6 pts

11Springfield, MIMI5,24611.9%+3.3 pts

12▼3Dowagiac, MIMI5,72512.4%+0.4 pts

13▼6Inkster, MIMI24,95913.1%+1.0 pts

14▲6Saginaw, MIMI42,86313.3%+2.8 pts

15▼1Coldwater, MIMI14,21613.9%+2.8 pts

16▲1Melvindale, MIMI12,32514.0%+8.1 pts

17▲19Three Rivers, MIMI7,91014.2%+4.5 pts

18▼2Flint, MIMI79,30614.2%+2.9 pts

19▲7Garden City, MIMI26,28015.1%+6.0 pts

20▲22Eaton Rapids, MIMI5,21815.1%−1.2 pts

21▲22Eastpointe, MIMI33,81415.2%+3.9 pts

22▲12Houghton Lake, MIMI5,76915.2%+7.6 pts

23▼2Muskegon, MIMI37,22415.5%+6.7 pts

24▲4Roseville, MIMI46,86315.5%+8.3 pts

25▼15Sturgis, MIMI10,90015.7%+2.0 pts

26▼3Pontiac, MIMI62,07716.1%+5.8 pts

27▲11Jackson, MIMI31,02216.1%+3.1 pts

28▲21Alpena, MIMI10,08816.2%+1.7 pts

29▲28Romulus, MIMI24,54716.2%+8.1 pts

30▼6Taylor, MIMI61,27916.4%+9.4 pts

31▼13Lapeer, MIMI9,20116.5%+7.7 pts

32▼3Center Line, MIMI8,50316.7%+10.6 pts

33▲6Burton, MIMI29,31316.8%+5.6 pts

34▼9Belding, MIMI6,00016.8%+8.0 pts

35▼16Niles, MIMI11,66517.0%+2.7 pts

36▼14South Monroe, MIMI6,96017.1%+3.5 pts

37▲8Highland Park, MIMI8,24817.3%+11.3 pts

38▲23Albion, MIMI7,47417.5%+2.0 pts

39▼8Wayne, MIMI17,06517.5%+5.5 pts

40▼13Hamtramck, MIMI27,26117.8%+6.3 pts

41▼11Allegan, MIMI5,12717.9%+3.5 pts

42▼10Mount Clemens, MIMI15,41918.0%+4.5 pts

43▼2Detroit, MIMI649,09518.1%+7.1 pts

44▲3Port Huron, MIMI28,27318.1%+6.8 pts

45▼10Charlotte, MIMI9,30518.2%−0.4 pts

46▲6Menominee, MIMI8,17518.7%+5.5 pts

47▼7Bay City, MIMI31,86818.8%+6.0 pts

48▲10Greenville, MIMI9,25619.7%+6.9 pts

49▲4Escanaba, MIMI12,25719.8%+0.3 pts

50▲12Monroe, MIMI20,07619.9%+3.1 pts

51▼14Gladstone, MIMI5,18920.5%−0.8 pts

52▲16Eastwood, MIMI6,66920.6%+6.3 pts

53▲3Warren, MIMI137,13821.0%+8.0 pts

54▼21Owosso, MIMI14,43721.1%+8.8 pts

55▲12Riverview, MIMI11,94721.3%+3.7 pts

56▲7Southgate, MIMI28,93121.5%+8.8 pts

57▲3Holly, MIMI5,90621.6%+9.7 pts

58▲7Battle Creek, MIMI52,02121.9%+4.6 pts

59▼4Adrian, MIMI20,19121.9%+1.7 pts

60▼10Swartz Creek, MIMI5,82722.0%+6.3 pts

61▼2Cadillac, MIMI10,43822.1%+4.6 pts

62▲31New Haven, MIMI6,74922.7%+16.6 pts

63▲10Fraser, MIMI14,49622.7%+8.2 pts

64▼10Wyandotte, MIMI24,07222.7%+10.0 pts

65▲18Iron Mountain, MIMI7,46922.8%+4.3 pts

66▲5Westland, MIMI82,33323.0%+6.9 pts

67▲5Manistee, MIMI6,15723.1%+5.6 pts

68▲8Dearborn Heights, MIMI60,66423.8%+7.1 pts

69▼23Fair Plain, MIMI7,33023.8%+5.8 pts

70▼6Cutlerville, MIMI18,78024.0%+10.5 pts

71▲17Davison, MIMI5,03924.1%+1.9 pts

72▲2Marysville, MIMI9,86824.6%+5.3 pts

73▼22Richmond, MIMI5,92725.1%+11.3 pts

74▲7Hastings, MIMI7,49025.3%+6.2 pts

75▼5Wyoming, MIMI78,58825.5%+8.5 pts

76▲14Tecumseh, MIMI8,60825.6%+4.4 pts

77▼2Comstock Park, MIMI10,57726.0%+6.5 pts

78▲9Harper Woods, MIMI14,86026.1%−1.8 pts

79▲22Hillsdale, MIMI8,00226.2%+10.2 pts

80▼3St. Johns, MIMI7,78026.5%+6.5 pts

81▲25Big Rapids, MIMI8,62326.9%−4.9 pts

82▲13Ishpeming, MIMI6,20527.0%+10.2 pts

83▼1Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI13,08327.0%+10.1 pts

84▼40Hazel Park, MIMI14,93727.0%+19.0 pts

85▼6Woodhaven, MIMI12,50327.0%+6.9 pts

86▼2St. Clair, MIMI5,83327.4%+6.6 pts

87▼7Trenton, MIMI17,84927.5%+7.5 pts

88▼19Alma, MIMI9,30428.0%+7.7 pts

89▼11Kingsford, MIMI5,09628.4%+9.7 pts

90▼24Ludington, MIMI7,63428.9%+10.8 pts

91▼43Flat Rock, MIMI10,21829.5%+17.4 pts

92▲13Zeeland, MIMI5,63729.6%+7.6 pts

93▼1St. Clair Shores, MIMI57,87229.7%+11.6 pts

94▲26Lambertville, MIMI9,95530.2%+6.2 pts

95▼4Lansing, MIMI113,88430.2%+9.1 pts

96▲14Flushing, MIMI8,17530.3%+2.2 pts

97▼8New Baltimore, MIMI12,12330.5%+7.7 pts

98▼4Shields, MIMI7,40230.8%+11.0 pts

99▲3Allen Park, MIMI27,44531.0%+11.4 pts

100▲7Sterling Heights, MIMI133,93131.1%+8.2 pts

101▼15Howell, MIMI9,89631.2%+7.6 pts

102▲1Temperance, MIMI8,91431.3%+10.0 pts

103▼6Utica, MIMI5,11432.0%+13.7 pts

104▲5Walled Lake, MIMI7,32032.6%+7.1 pts

105▲3Norton Shores, MIMI25,08833.3%+9.2 pts

106▼7Madison Heights, MIMI28,29733.9%+15.4 pts

107▼9Dundee, MIMI6,00834.4%+16.9 pts

108▼12Freeland, MIMI7,55734.5%+11.2 pts

109▲6Dearborn, MIMI105,61134.6%+8.3 pts

110▼25Jenison, MIMI17,58235.1%+11.6 pts

111▲1Holland, MIMI35,37235.8%+8.9 pts

112▲13Hudsonville, MIMI7,96436.1%+14.6 pts

113Mason, MIMI8,26436.6%+10.3 pts

114▲8Grand Haven, MIMI11,03836.7%+9.8 pts

115▲3Kentwood, MIMI54,77636.7%+5.3 pts

116▲1Oak Park, MIMI29,07237.1%+9.9 pts

117▼1Milan, MIMI5,97337.3%+17.3 pts

118▼14Grand Ledge, MIMI7,85337.4%+12.7 pts

119▲5Comstock Northwest, MIMI5,39138.1%+14.3 pts

120▲3Kalamazoo, MIMI72,68338.5%+5.7 pts

121▼10Walker, MIMI25,88138.6%+16.6 pts

122▼3Northview, MIMI15,26838.7%+12.9 pts

123▼9Whitmore Lake, MIMI7,87838.9%+13.3 pts

124▼24Fenton, MIMI11,77439.2%+16.9 pts

125▼4Grandville, MIMI17,01840.6%+18.5 pts

126▲3Southfield, MIMI76,11140.7%+4.0 pts

127▲4Holt, MIMI25,31640.7%+16.6 pts

128Grand Rapids, MIMI201,18341.6%+17.8 pts

129▼2Livonia, MIMI92,60341.9%+12.2 pts

130Marshall, MIMI6,80042.1%+12.3 pts

131▼5Allendale, MIMI26,67942.6%+25.0 pts

132▲3Mount Pleasant, MIMI20,92542.9%+2.5 pts

133▲4Byron Center, MIMI7,40343.1%+7.9 pts

134▲6Grand Blanc, MIMI7,88043.7%+2.9 pts

135▼1Waverly, MIMI23,57544.1%+9.8 pts

136▲2Midland, MIMI42,80644.6%+2.7 pts

137▼5Clawson, MIMI11,31245.8%+19.7 pts

138▲3Wixom, MIMI17,31346.8%+8.7 pts

139▼3Ypsilanti, MIMI19,76646.9%+11.5 pts

140▲5South Lyon, MIMI12,10747.2%+15.8 pts

141▲6Traverse City, MIMI15,83247.4%+16.2 pts

142▲2Portage, MIMI49,86247.9%+11.1 pts

143▲7Lake Fenton, MIMI6,41748.0%+10.5 pts

144▲4Marquette, MIMI21,94448.0%+13.8 pts

145▼12Brighton, MIMI7,90448.6%+17.6 pts

146Auburn Hills, MIMI25,92549.6%+16.8 pts

147▲2Milford, MIMI6,52049.6%+19.4 pts

148▲5Westwood, MIMI8,86751.0%+9.0 pts

149▲2Chelsea, MIMI5,42451.8%+11.2 pts

150▼8Frankenmuth, MIMI5,19752.3%+20.5 pts

151▼12Petoskey, MIMI5,77253.4%+22.4 pts

152▼9Rockford, MIMI6,31354.2%+26.3 pts

153▼1St. Joseph, MIMI7,89355.3%+23.0 pts

154▲5Haslett, MIMI18,55957.1%+9.6 pts

155▲3Farmington Hills, MIMI83,29157.6%+9.7 pts

156▼2Ferndale, MIMI19,21257.9%+31.5 pts

157▼1Berkley, MIMI15,14558.8%+23.2 pts

158▼1Saline, MIMI9,00159.2%+18.8 pts

159▲2Rochester Hills, MIMI77,53961.4%+14.1 pts

160Farmington, MIMI11,40962.4%+14.4 pts

161▲1Novi, MIMI67,31964.1%+15.0 pts

162▲2Royal Oak, MIMI57,58364.1%+24.2 pts

163Plymouth, MIMI9,16464.4%+23.8 pts

164▲2Troy, MIMI88,73364.8%+14.8 pts

165▲2Grosse Pointe Woods, MIMI15,79265.1%+13.9 pts

166▲5East Lansing, MIMI49,35566.6%−3.8 pts

167▲1Northville, MIMI6,01367.8%+13.9 pts

168▼13Houghton, MIMI8,56068.6%+23.1 pts

169▼4Rochester, MIMI12,82470.0%+18.0 pts

170▼1Forest Hills, MIMI28,69570.9%+16.7 pts

171▲3Okemos, MIMI26,39672.7%+6.0 pts

172Grosse Pointe, MIMI5,49073.1%+4.2 pts

173▼3Grosse Pointe Park, MIMI11,09573.3%+13.8 pts

174▲4Birmingham, MIMI21,92376.7%+9.6 pts

175Grosse Pointe Farms, MIMI9,73576.9%+8.8 pts

176▲1Ann Arbor, MIMI122,23377.9%+8.6 pts

177▼4Beverly Hills, MIMI10,44977.9%+15.1 pts

178▲1East Grand Rapids, MIMI11,66379.9%+8.9 pts

179▼3Huntington Woods, MIMI6,27483.8%+11.4 pts

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