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Lowest unemployment, Michigan cities

Michigan cities ranked by the lowest unemployment rate (2024 ACS). This list covers the 179 cities in Michigan that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 179 is 4.9%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: St. Clair, MI, up 119 places to #2.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01▲45Swartz Creek, MIMI5,8270.6%−3.1 pts

02▲119St. Clair, MIMI5,8330.8%−5.8 pts

03▲4Huntington Woods, MIMI6,2740.9%−1.0 pts

04▲4Forest Hills, MIMI28,6951.0%−0.8 pts

05▲15Eaton Rapids, MIMI5,2181.6%−0.7 pts

06▼3Petoskey, MIMI5,7721.6%0.0 pts

07▲9Grandville, MIMI17,0181.6%−0.5 pts

08▲4Beverly Hills, MIMI10,4491.6%−0.3 pts

09▲14Byron Center, MIMI7,4031.7%−0.7 pts

10▲101Grand Haven, MIMI11,0381.8%−4.5 pts

11▲23Jenison, MIMI17,5821.9%−1.0 pts

12▲101Ionia, MIMI12,2081.9%−4.4 pts

13▲25Grosse Pointe Farms, MIMI9,7351.9%−1.3 pts

14▼3St. Joseph, MIMI7,8932.0%0.0 pts

15▼14Lambertville, MIMI9,9552.0%+1.2 pts

16▲20Northville, MIMI6,0132.1%−0.9 pts

17▼8Milford, MIMI6,5202.1%+0.2 pts

18Berkley, MIMI15,1452.2%0.0 pts

19▲91Utica, MIMI5,1142.2%−4.1 pts

20▲10Plymouth, MIMI9,1642.3%−0.6 pts

21▲30Riverview, MIMI11,9472.3%−1.5 pts

22▲84Comstock Northwest, MIMI5,3912.3%−3.7 pts

23▲21Holland, MIMI35,3722.5%−1.1 pts

24▲57Grand Blanc, MIMI7,8802.5%−2.5 pts

25▲59Rochester, MIMI12,8242.5%−2.6 pts

26▲42Westwood, MIMI8,8672.7%−1.7 pts

27▲87Menominee, MIMI8,1752.7%−3.6 pts

28▲19St. Louis, MIMI7,4062.8%−0.9 pts

29▲11Madison Heights, MIMI28,2972.8%−0.6 pts

30▲33Okemos, MIMI26,3962.9%−1.3 pts

31▲33Zeeland, MIMI5,6372.9%−1.3 pts

32▲23Mason, MIMI8,2642.9%−0.9 pts

33▼19Brighton, MIMI7,9042.9%+0.8 pts

34▼5Walker, MIMI25,8812.9%+0.1 pts

35▼16Whitmore Lake, MIMI7,8783.1%+0.9 pts

36▲68Charlotte, MIMI9,3053.2%−2.8 pts

37▼27East Grand Rapids, MIMI11,6633.2%+1.3 pts

38▼11Howell, MIMI9,8963.2%+0.6 pts

39▲14Trenton, MIMI17,8493.3%−0.5 pts

40▲118New Haven, MIMI6,7493.3%−6.6 pts

41▼8Grosse Pointe Park, MIMI11,0953.3%+0.5 pts

42▲29Dundee, MIMI6,0083.4%−1.3 pts

43▲96Houghton Lake, MIMI5,7693.4%−4.5 pts

44▼27Wixom, MIMI17,3133.4%+1.3 pts

45▲49Marysville, MIMI9,8683.4%−2.1 pts

46▲30Wyandotte, MIMI24,0723.5%−1.5 pts

47▼15Royal Oak, MIMI57,5833.5%+0.7 pts

48▲49Lapeer, MIMI9,2013.6%−2.2 pts

49▲17Ludington, MIMI7,6343.6%−0.6 pts

50▲81Hastings, MIMI7,4903.7%−3.6 pts

51▼20Ferndale, MIMI19,2123.7%+0.8 pts

52▼4South Lyon, MIMI12,1073.7%0.0 pts

53▼29Allegan, MIMI5,1273.7%+1.3 pts

54▼28Gladstone, MIMI5,1893.9%+1.4 pts

55▼30Farmington, MIMI11,4093.9%+1.4 pts

56Cutlerville, MIMI18,7803.9%+0.1 pts

57▼15Ann Arbor, MIMI122,2333.9%+0.4 pts

58▲7Walled Lake, MIMI7,3204.0%−0.2 pts

59▼37St. Johns, MIMI7,7804.1%+1.7 pts

60▼58Temperance, MIMI8,9144.1%+2.7 pts

61▲8Wyoming, MIMI78,5884.1%−0.5 pts

62▼19Rochester Hills, MIMI77,5394.1%+0.5 pts

63▼1Midland, MIMI42,8064.1%0.0 pts

64▼10New Baltimore, MIMI12,1234.2%+0.3 pts

65▲2Southgate, MIMI28,9314.2%−0.1 pts

66▲20Iron Mountain, MIMI7,4694.2%−1.0 pts

67▲68Holly, MIMI5,9064.2%−3.4 pts

68▼11Novi, MIMI67,3194.3%+0.4 pts

69▼41Grosse Pointe, MIMI5,4904.3%+1.5 pts

70▲19Fraser, MIMI14,4964.3%−1.0 pts

71▲41Portage, MIMI49,8624.3%−2.0 pts

72▲52Marquette, MIMI21,9444.3%−2.5 pts

73▲63Big Rapids, MIMI8,6234.3%−3.4 pts

74▼14Hillsdale, MIMI8,0024.4%+0.4 pts

75▼30Troy, MIMI88,7334.4%+0.7 pts

76▼71Freeland, MIMI7,5574.4%+2.7 pts

77▲24St. Clair Shores, MIMI57,8724.4%−1.5 pts

78▼39Birmingham, MIMI21,9234.4%+1.1 pts

79▼73Haslett, MIMI18,5594.4%+2.7 pts

80▼22Kentwood, MIMI54,7764.5%+0.6 pts

81▼68Lake Fenton, MIMI6,4174.5%+2.5 pts

82▲9Northview, MIMI15,2684.5%−0.8 pts

83▼13Livonia, MIMI92,6034.6%0.0 pts

84▲1Grand Ledge, MIMI7,8534.6%−0.7 pts

85▼50Frankenmuth, MIMI5,1974.7%+1.7 pts

86▼27Allen Park, MIMI27,4454.8%+0.9 pts

87▲13Norton Shores, MIMI25,0884.8%−1.0 pts

88▲58Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI13,0834.9%−3.5 pts

89▼74Chelsea, MIMI5,4244.9%+2.8 pts

90▼53Clawson, MIMI11,3124.9%+1.9 pts

91▼13Hazel Park, MIMI14,9375.1%+0.2 pts

92▲7Grand Rapids, MIMI201,1835.2%−0.6 pts

93▼11Traverse City, MIMI15,8325.2%+0.1 pts

94▼22Farmington Hills, MIMI83,2915.2%+0.5 pts

95▲7Escanaba, MIMI12,2575.2%−0.6 pts

96▼44Adrian, MIMI20,1915.3%+1.6 pts

97▲19Hudsonville, MIMI7,9645.4%−1.1 pts

98▼11Belding, MIMI6,0005.4%+0.2 pts

99▼16Tecumseh, MIMI8,6085.5%+0.3 pts

100▼23Holt, MIMI25,3165.5%+0.5 pts

101▲55Eastwood, MIMI6,6695.5%−4.2 pts

102▼22Owosso, MIMI14,4375.5%+0.5 pts

103▼42Milan, MIMI5,9735.8%+1.8 pts

104▼12Grosse Pointe Woods, MIMI15,7925.8%+0.3 pts

105▼15Cadillac, MIMI10,4385.9%+0.5 pts

106▼32Waverly, MIMI23,5755.9%+1.1 pts

107▼32Westland, MIMI82,3336.0%+1.1 pts

108▼20Auburn Hills, MIMI25,9256.0%+0.7 pts

109▼30Sterling Heights, MIMI133,9316.1%+1.1 pts

110▲60Melvindale, MIMI12,3256.1%−5.5 pts

111▲33Rockford, MIMI6,3136.2%−2.1 pts

112▼62Comstock Park, MIMI10,5776.2%+2.4 pts

113▼109Shields, MIMI7,4026.2%+4.6 pts

114▼19Saline, MIMI9,0016.3%+0.7 pts

115▲38Alpena, MIMI10,0886.4%−3.1 pts

116▲14Ishpeming, MIMI6,2056.4%−0.9 pts

117▼96Kingsford, MIMI5,0966.4%+4.1 pts

118▼1Dearborn, MIMI105,6116.6%0.0 pts

119▲9East Lansing, MIMI49,3556.6%−0.6 pts

120▼71Flushing, MIMI8,1756.7%+2.9 pts

121▲19Bay City, MIMI31,8686.7%−1.3 pts

122▲28Romulus, MIMI24,5476.7%−2.1 pts

123▲6Manistee, MIMI6,1576.7%−0.5 pts

124▲2Roseville, MIMI46,8636.7%−0.4 pts

125▲13Mount Clemens, MIMI15,4196.8%−1.1 pts

126▲16Center Line, MIMI8,5036.8%−1.3 pts

127▲14Kalamazoo, MIMI72,6836.9%−1.1 pts

128▲33Marshall, MIMI6,8006.9%−3.0 pts

129▲4Alma, MIMI9,3046.9%−0.5 pts

130▼3Southfield, MIMI76,1116.9%−0.2 pts

131▼22Taylor, MIMI61,2797.0%+0.8 pts

132▼12Battle Creek, MIMI52,0217.0%+0.4 pts

133▲18Harper Woods, MIMI14,8607.1%−1.8 pts

134▼9Burton, MIMI29,3137.1%+0.2 pts

135▼39Woodhaven, MIMI12,5037.2%+1.5 pts

136▼63Flat Rock, MIMI10,2187.3%+2.6 pts

137▼18Monroe, MIMI20,0767.3%+0.8 pts

138▲9Greenville, MIMI9,2567.4%−1.1 pts

139▲13Mount Pleasant, MIMI20,9257.6%−1.7 pts

140▲5Allendale, MIMI26,6797.6%−0.7 pts

141▲30South Monroe, MIMI6,9607.7%−4.2 pts

142▼24Dearborn Heights, MIMI60,6647.9%+1.3 pts

143▼36Garden City, MIMI26,2808.0%+1.8 pts

144▼12Warren, MIMI137,1388.0%+0.6 pts

145▲14Ecorse, MIMI8,8938.2%−1.7 pts

146▲9Lansing, MIMI113,8848.2%−1.4 pts

147▼106Coldwater, MIMI14,2168.3%+4.9 pts

148▼40Sturgis, MIMI10,9008.4%+2.2 pts

149▼27Lincoln Park, MIMI38,5298.4%+1.7 pts

150▼1Ypsilanti, MIMI19,7668.5%−0.1 pts

151▼58Fenton, MIMI11,7748.7%+3.2 pts

152▲20Buena Vista, MIMI5,7988.7%−4.7 pts

153▲7Dowagiac, MIMI5,7258.9%−1.1 pts

154Port Huron, MIMI28,2738.9%−0.7 pts

155▲9Jackson, MIMI31,0229.1%−1.2 pts

156▲7Muskegon, MIMI37,2249.4%−0.9 pts

157▼42Bridgeport, MIMI6,8849.4%+3.1 pts

158▼60Springfield, MIMI5,2469.7%+3.9 pts

159▲8Pontiac, MIMI62,07710.1%−0.9 pts

160▲8Saginaw, MIMI42,86310.1%−0.9 pts

161▼58Three Rivers, MIMI7,91010.2%+4.3 pts

162▼57Davison, MIMI5,03910.3%+4.3 pts

163▼1Wayne, MIMI17,06510.3%+0.2 pts

164▼30Houghton, MIMI8,56010.3%+2.9 pts

165▼22Niles, MIMI11,66510.8%+2.5 pts

166▼43Oak Park, MIMI29,07210.8%+4.0 pts

167▼2River Rouge, MIMI6,81411.4%+1.0 pts

168▼31Richmond, MIMI5,92711.5%+3.7 pts

169▼21Eastpointe, MIMI33,81412.9%+4.5 pts

170▼4Hamtramck, MIMI27,26113.1%+2.4 pts

171▼2Albion, MIMI7,47413.5%+2.0 pts

172▲1Detroit, MIMI649,09514.0%−0.9 pts

173▼16Inkster, MIMI24,95914.4%+4.7 pts

174▲1Muskegon Heights, MIMI9,77014.7%−2.4 pts

175▲3Flint, MIMI79,30614.8%−4.8 pts

176▼2Fair Plain, MIMI7,33018.1%+2.4 pts

177Highland Park, MIMI8,24818.7%−0.6 pts

178▲1Beecher, MIMI8,41219.2%−2.9 pts

179▼3Benton Harbor, MIMI8,80321.6%+2.6 pts

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