What is the population of Ecorse city?

Ecorse city has 9,170 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #109 of 745 in Michigan.

What is the median household income in Ecorse city?

Median household income in Ecorse city is $45,082 a year, 42.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ecorse city?

Median gross rent is $879 a month and the median home value is $59,400, so rent absorbs about 23.4% of median household income.

Is Ecorse city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ecorse city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Ecorse, MI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Ecorse, Michigan (Ecorse, MI — Census place “Ecorse city”) is 9,170 residents, ranking #109 of 745 places in Michigan. Median household income is $45,082, the median home is worth $59,400 and median gross rent runs $879 a month. Looking for the Ecorse Michigan ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ecorse, MI: 48229.

Population: 9,170Ecorse city residents
Median household income: $45,082Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $59,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $879Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 64.8%Owner-occupied households

Ecorse ZIP codes (Michigan)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ecorse.

The Ecorse MI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

48229

What the numbers mean in Ecorse city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Ecorse city median would spend about 23.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 24% of residents and 64.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Ecorse city, MI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Ecorse city is a mid-size town in Michigan, with 9,170 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #109 of 745 ranked by population — larger than 85% of them. The median age here is 36.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Ecorse city earn a median of $45,082 a year, 42.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 27% below the $61,715 median for the 438 Michigan cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 24% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ecorse city is valued at $59,400, 80.4% below the national figure and 64% below the $166,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $879 a month, 37.5% below the national figure, or roughly $10,548 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 64.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Ecorse city?: Ecorse city has 9,170 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #109 of 745 in Michigan.
What is the median household income in Ecorse city?: Median household income in Ecorse city is $45,082 a year, 42.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ecorse city?: Median gross rent is $879 a month and the median home value is $59,400, so rent absorbs about 23.4% of median household income.
Is Ecorse city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ecorse city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Ecorse city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.