RANKING · 2024 ACS · 179 SHOWN OF 179

Most transient, Michigan cities

Michigan cities ranked by the smallest share of residents living in the same house as one year earlier (2024 ACS). These are the places where people move the most. This list covers the 179 cities in Michigan that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 179 is 87.8%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Fenton, MI, up 92 places to #16.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPLIVING IN THE SAME HOUSE AS 1 YEAR AGOVS 2020

01East Lansing, MIMI49,35559.5%+7.2 pts

02▲4Big Rapids, MIMI8,62360.3%−4.1 pts

03▲2Houghton, MIMI8,56060.7%−3.3 pts

04▼2Mount Pleasant, MIMI20,92564.7%+5.9 pts

05▲2Ann Arbor, MIMI122,23365.1%−1.2 pts

06▼3Allendale, MIMI26,67966.1%+7.0 pts

07▼3Ypsilanti, MIMI19,76667.8%+5.1 pts

08▲1Marquette, MIMI21,94473.4%+2.3 pts

09▼1Kalamazoo, MIMI72,68375.9%+8.2 pts

10▲13Ionia, MIMI12,20876.9%−1.7 pts

11▲88Ludington, MIMI7,63477.1%−9.3 pts

12Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI13,08378.2%+3.0 pts

13Hillsdale, MIMI8,00279.3%+3.8 pts

14▲8Holland, MIMI35,37280.0%+1.5 pts

15▲1Okemos, MIMI26,39680.4%+3.4 pts

16▲92Fenton, MIMI11,77480.7%−6.1 pts

17▲12Three Rivers, MIMI7,91081.1%+1.5 pts

18▲23Muskegon Heights, MIMI9,77081.1%−0.3 pts

19▲17St. Louis, MIMI7,40681.3%+0.2 pts

20▼6Muskegon, MIMI37,22481.4%+5.4 pts

21▼2Lapeer, MIMI9,20181.8%+3.5 pts

22▲34Houghton Lake, MIMI5,76981.8%−1.2 pts

23▲12Alma, MIMI9,30481.8%+0.9 pts

24▼7Auburn Hills, MIMI25,92582.1%+4.2 pts

25▼7Grand Rapids, MIMI201,18382.3%+4.0 pts

26▲51Dundee, MIMI6,00882.6%−2.1 pts

27▲5Albion, MIMI7,47482.8%+2.7 pts

28▲18Royal Oak, MIMI57,58382.8%+0.7 pts

29▼19Springfield, MIMI5,24682.8%+9.6 pts

30▼15Richmond, MIMI5,92783.1%+6.4 pts

31▲12St. Joseph, MIMI7,89383.5%+1.7 pts

32▼4Mason, MIMI8,26483.7%+4.2 pts

33▲6Beecher, MIMI8,41283.8%+2.4 pts

34▼8Port Huron, MIMI28,27384.2%+5.0 pts

35▲55Greenville, MIMI9,25684.3%−1.5 pts

36▲34Farmington, MIMI11,40984.4%+0.1 pts

37▲17Mount Clemens, MIMI15,41984.5%+1.8 pts

38▼13Adrian, MIMI20,19184.5%+5.6 pts

39▼19Lansing, MIMI113,88484.8%+6.4 pts

40▲46Comstock Park, MIMI10,57784.8%−0.6 pts

41▲75Coldwater, MIMI14,21685.0%−2.1 pts

42▲85Manistee, MIMI6,15785.1%−2.4 pts

43▲25Fair Plain, MIMI7,33085.4%+1.2 pts

44▲74Plymouth, MIMI9,16485.5%−1.7 pts

45▼18Haslett, MIMI18,55985.5%+6.2 pts

46▼22Charlotte, MIMI9,30585.5%+6.7 pts

47▲10Traverse City, MIMI15,83285.6%+2.2 pts

48▼27Howell, MIMI9,89685.7%+7.2 pts

49▼15Brighton, MIMI7,90485.8%+5.2 pts

50▼20Comstock Northwest, MIMI5,39186.0%+6.3 pts

51▲9Marshall, MIMI6,80086.1%+2.5 pts

52▼4Zeeland, MIMI5,63786.1%+3.8 pts

53▲82Clawson, MIMI11,31286.1%−2.4 pts

54▲57Novi, MIMI67,31986.1%−0.8 pts

55▲37Holt, MIMI25,31686.2%+0.2 pts

56▲2Kentwood, MIMI54,77686.2%+2.8 pts

57▲40Oak Park, MIMI29,07286.3%−0.1 pts

58▼27Waverly, MIMI23,57586.3%+6.2 pts

59▲4Monroe, MIMI20,07686.3%+2.5 pts

60▲5South Monroe, MIMI6,96086.3%+2.2 pts

61▲26Petoskey, MIMI5,77286.5%+1.0 pts

62▼13St. Johns, MIMI7,78086.6%+4.2 pts

63▼16Ferndale, MIMI19,21286.7%+4.5 pts

64▲34Southgate, MIMI28,93186.7%+0.3 pts

65▼4Benton Harbor, MIMI8,80386.7%+3.0 pts

66▼16Menominee, MIMI8,17586.8%+4.4 pts

67▼12Midland, MIMI42,80686.8%+3.9 pts

68▲3Flint, MIMI79,30686.8%+2.5 pts

69▲6Portage, MIMI49,86286.8%+2.3 pts

70▼25Alpena, MIMI10,08886.9%+4.9 pts

71▼20Ecorse, MIMI8,89386.9%+4.4 pts

72▲72Sturgis, MIMI10,90086.9%−2.5 pts

73▼33Inkster, MIMI24,95987.0%+5.6 pts

74▼32Pontiac, MIMI62,07787.0%+5.5 pts

75▼42Cadillac, MIMI10,43887.1%+6.7 pts

76▲38Davison, MIMI5,03987.1%+0.1 pts

77▲5Niles, MIMI11,66587.2%+2.0 pts

78▲56Kingsford, MIMI5,09687.2%−1.2 pts

79▲45Holly, MIMI5,90687.3%−0.2 pts

80▼8Escanaba, MIMI12,25787.3%+2.9 pts

81▲72Wixom, MIMI17,31387.4%−3.0 pts

82▲57Flushing, MIMI8,17587.4%−1.6 pts

83▲40Madison Heights, MIMI28,29787.5%+0.1 pts

84▲26Harper Woods, MIMI14,86087.5%+0.6 pts

85▲17Frankenmuth, MIMI5,19787.5%+1.0 pts

86▼75Westwood, MIMI8,86787.6%+12.4 pts

87▼7Chelsea, MIMI5,42487.6%+2.5 pts

88▲6Battle Creek, MIMI52,02187.7%+1.6 pts

89▼52Hastings, MIMI7,49087.7%+6.6 pts

90▲40Westland, MIMI82,33387.8%0.0 pts

91▲15Grandville, MIMI17,01887.8%+1.0 pts

92▲13Rochester, MIMI12,82488.1%+1.3 pts

93▼24Grand Ledge, MIMI7,85388.2%+3.8 pts

94▲19Ishpeming, MIMI6,20588.2%+1.3 pts

95▼14Jackson, MIMI31,02288.2%+3.1 pts

96▼37Wyoming, MIMI78,58888.3%+4.8 pts

97▼6Detroit, MIMI649,09588.4%+2.5 pts

98▼46Grand Haven, MIMI11,03888.4%+5.8 pts

99▲1Bay City, MIMI31,86888.6%+2.2 pts

100▼12Highland Park, MIMI8,24888.6%+3.0 pts

101▲36Rochester Hills, MIMI77,53988.7%0.0 pts

102▼40Tecumseh, MIMI8,60888.7%+5.0 pts

103▲17Southfield, MIMI76,11188.8%+1.4 pts

104▼1Farmington Hills, MIMI83,29188.8%+2.3 pts

105▼67Allegan, MIMI5,12788.9%+7.6 pts

106▼42St. Clair, MIMI5,83389.0%+5.1 pts

107▼23Whitmore Lake, MIMI7,87889.0%+3.7 pts

108▲14Iron Mountain, MIMI7,46989.2%+1.8 pts

109▲19Walker, MIMI25,88189.4%+1.8 pts

110▼34Saginaw, MIMI42,86389.4%+4.7 pts

111▲4Melvindale, MIMI12,32589.4%+2.4 pts

112▼46Cutlerville, MIMI18,78089.5%+5.3 pts

113▲44Berkley, MIMI15,14589.5%−1.8 pts

114▲33Troy, MIMI88,73389.7%−0.1 pts

115▲33Swartz Creek, MIMI5,82789.8%−0.1 pts

116▲22Grand Blanc, MIMI7,88089.8%+0.9 pts

117▼5Birmingham, MIMI21,92389.9%+2.9 pts

118▲14Owosso, MIMI14,43789.9%+2.0 pts

119▲10Warren, MIMI137,13889.9%+2.1 pts

120▲47Woodhaven, MIMI12,50390.0%−2.4 pts

121▼77Dowagiac, MIMI5,72590.1%+8.3 pts

122▲43Eaton Rapids, MIMI5,21890.1%−2.1 pts

123▲8Hudsonville, MIMI7,96490.3%+2.4 pts

124▲37Wyandotte, MIMI24,07290.3%−1.5 pts

125▲35Grosse Pointe Woods, MIMI15,79290.4%−1.2 pts

126▼37River Rouge, MIMI6,81490.4%+4.7 pts

127▼74Gladstone, MIMI5,18990.5%+7.8 pts

128▼24Saline, MIMI9,00190.6%+3.9 pts

129▼55Burton, MIMI29,31390.7%+6.2 pts

130▲22South Lyon, MIMI12,10790.7%+0.7 pts

131▲14Fraser, MIMI14,49690.7%+1.1 pts

132▼31Roseville, MIMI46,86390.8%+4.3 pts

133▼40Milan, MIMI5,97390.8%+4.8 pts

134▼38Dearborn, MIMI105,61190.8%+4.5 pts

135▼26Norton Shores, MIMI25,08890.9%+4.0 pts

136▲30Garden City, MIMI26,28090.9%−1.5 pts

137▼42Rockford, MIMI6,31390.9%+4.6 pts

138▼5Taylor, MIMI61,27990.9%+2.9 pts

139▼20Dearborn Heights, MIMI60,66490.9%+3.6 pts

140▲30Trenton, MIMI17,84991.0%−1.6 pts

141▲1Romulus, MIMI24,54791.1%+1.9 pts

142▼64Center Line, MIMI8,50391.1%+6.3 pts

143▼60Hazel Park, MIMI14,93791.2%+6.0 pts

144▲5East Grand Rapids, MIMI11,66391.3%+1.3 pts

145▲1St. Clair Shores, MIMI57,87291.3%+1.6 pts

146▲5Lincoln Park, MIMI38,52991.3%+1.3 pts

147▲3Sterling Heights, MIMI133,93191.5%+1.4 pts

148▼7Walled Lake, MIMI7,32091.8%+2.6 pts

149▲30Temperance, MIMI8,91491.8%−4.2 pts

150▲28Grosse Pointe, MIMI5,49091.8%−1.5 pts

151▲25Grosse Pointe Farms, MIMI9,73591.9%−0.9 pts

152▲11Jenison, MIMI17,58292.0%−0.1 pts

153▼86Wayne, MIMI17,06592.0%+7.8 pts

154Livonia, MIMI92,60392.0%+1.6 pts

155▼34Eastpointe, MIMI33,81492.3%+5.0 pts

156▲21Shields, MIMI7,40292.4%−0.6 pts

157▼1Hamtramck, MIMI27,26192.4%+1.6 pts

158New Haven, MIMI6,74992.5%+1.0 pts

159▼19Milford, MIMI6,52092.6%+3.6 pts

160▼5Marysville, MIMI9,86892.6%+2.1 pts

161▲1Grosse Pointe Park, MIMI11,09592.6%+0.6 pts

162▲12Bridgeport, MIMI6,88492.6%−0.2 pts

163▼90Eastwood, MIMI6,66992.7%+8.2 pts

164▼85Northview, MIMI15,26892.7%+7.8 pts

165▼29New Baltimore, MIMI12,12392.7%+4.0 pts

166▼41Utica, MIMI5,11492.7%+5.3 pts

167▲6Allen Park, MIMI27,44592.9%+0.2 pts

168▲1Northville, MIMI6,01393.0%+0.5 pts

169▲2Lake Fenton, MIMI6,41793.2%+0.6 pts

170▼53Freeland, MIMI7,55793.3%+6.2 pts

171▼12Lambertville, MIMI9,95593.4%+1.9 pts

172▼4Beverly Hills, MIMI10,44993.6%+1.1 pts

173▼47Belding, MIMI6,00093.8%+6.3 pts

174▼67Riverview, MIMI11,94794.0%+7.2 pts

175▼11Huntington Woods, MIMI6,27494.1%+2.1 pts

176▼91Buena Vista, MIMI5,79894.9%+9.5 pts

177▼2Forest Hills, MIMI28,69595.3%+2.5 pts

178▼35Byron Center, MIMI7,40396.5%+7.2 pts

179▼7Flat Rock, MIMI10,21897.1%+4.5 pts

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