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Saginaw ZIP codes — Saginaw County, Michigan

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Saginaw County is home to 189,210 residents with a median household income of $58,347 and a median home value of $139,400. 73.5% of households own their home and 18.1% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Saginaw ZIP code? 19 ZIP code areas fall inside Saginaw County, Michigan, listed in full below.

Population
189,210Saginaw County residents
Median household income
$58,347Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$139,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$921Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
41.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
73.5%Owner-occupied households

Saginaw County, MI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Saginaw County is a mid-size city in Michigan, with 189,210 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 41.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in Saginaw County earn a median of $58,347 a year, 25.7% below the national figure of $78,538. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 18.1% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Saginaw County is valued at $139,400, 54.1% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $921 a month, 34.5% below the national figure, or roughly $11,052 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.4×, 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. 73.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. 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.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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.

ZIP codes in Saginaw County

ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Saginaw County.

How to read this page

What these estimates cover.

Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.

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

Cities and towns in Michigan

Largest Census places in Michigan by population.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Saginaw County?
Saginaw County has 189,210 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
What is the median household income in Saginaw County?
Median household income in Saginaw County is $58,347 a year, 25.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Saginaw County?
Median gross rent is $921 a month and the median home value is $139,400, so rent absorbs about 18.9% of median household income.
Is Saginaw County affordable compared with the rest of the US?
Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Saginaw County is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Saginaw County data?
All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.