Census-designated place · Saginaw County, Michigan

Burt, Michigan

Burt is a census-designated place in Saginaw County, Michigan, part of the Saginaw, MI metro area. It has 1,339 residents. Burt, Michigan has a quality-of-life score of 29 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,039 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Michigan it ranks #319 of 444 cities and towns. It ranks best on income inequality (Gini index) (low), uninsured residents (under 65) (low) and poverty rate (low). It ranks worst on violent crime rate (high), mental health care shortage (high) and bachelor's degree or higher (low).

29Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,039 of 15,651 cities and towns
Michigan: #319 of 444 in MI
Population: 1,339 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 221.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 2612000

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety16#13,091/15,637
Economy67#5,186/15,631
Housing69#4,613/14,977
Health41#9,182/15,609
Healthcare54#7,168/15,650
Environment29#10,985/15,453
Education6#14,655/15,649
Infrastructure26#11,529/15,650
Community42#9,082/15,651
Leisure & amenities32#10,684/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Burt, Michigan ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Saginaw County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.316
95/100Michigan 0.465United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low2.0%
91/100Michigan 6.2%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Poverty rate · low2.8%
90/100Michigan 13.4%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Home price to income ratio · low2.3×
86/100Michigan 3.2×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Drought exposure · low7%
83/100Michigan 13%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAASaginaw County value
Mammography screening · high52.0%
81/100Michigan 49.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSaginaw County value

Weaknesses

Violent crime rate · high784 /100k
2/100Michigan 416 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationSaginaw County value
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
4/100Michigan 9.3United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationSaginaw County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low7.4%
4/100Michigan 32.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003High uncertainty
Depression · high28.9%
9/100Michigan 26.5%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Primary care shortage · high17.0
9/100Michigan 8.3United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationSaginaw County value
Food environment index · low6.7
10/100Michigan 7.1United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSaginaw County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,106 (2015-2019) → 1,339 (2020-2024)
+21%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
65.1% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−65 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
32.2% (2015-2019) → 15.0% (2019-2023)
−17 pts4 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.2%
Median household incomeImproving
$52,440 (2015-2019) → $90,156 (2020-2024)
+72%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
19.0% (2015-2019) → 7.4% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
82.0% (2015-2019) → 86.7% (2020-2024)
+4.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Burt, Michigan improved on 1 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Household income+72%$52,440 → $90,156

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Burt, Michigan between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	28.1 min2015-2019	27.8 min2020-2024	−0.3 min	Within the margin of error	51%
Broadband subscriptions	82.0%2015-2019	86.7%2020-2024	+4.6 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Effective property tax rate	1.28%2015-2019	1.12%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	50%
High school diploma or higher	94.7%2015-2019	93.6%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	89%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3832015-2019	0.3162020-2024	−0.067	Within the margin of error	90%
Median household income	$52,4402015-2019	$90,1562020-2024	+72%	Improved	95%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Burt, Michigan five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Burt, Michigan in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Burt, Michigan itself moved +4.3 points in standing on average over the same 7 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,339 residents (±299)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

435 households (±91)

Burt, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $25k3.4%†15
$25k–50k25%†107
$50k–75k15%

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

435 households (±91)

Burt, Michigan
Michigan share

Own84%366
Rent16%†69

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

500 workers (±156)

Burt, Michigan
Michigan share

Drive alone97%†483
Carpool0.0%0
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Saginaw, MI

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Saginaw County, the county holding most of Burt's residents.

Saginaw County has 4,092 employer establishments, 218 for every 10,000 residents (0.88× the US rate of 248; 0.96× Michigan's), with 77,361 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,420. The Census Bureau also counts 12,027 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,092; 12,027 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 218; US 248 · Michigan 228
Paid employees: 77,361
Average annual pay: $53,420; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Saginaw County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	410	21.8	1.05×About typical	5,868	$62,732	633
Restaurants and other eating places	314	16.7	0.91×About typical	7,268	$19,368	57
Specialty trade contractors	228	12.1	0.78×Fewer than typical	1,987	$78,836	750
Limited-service restaurants	161	8.6	1.07×About typical	3,510	$16,199	25
Offices of physicians	144	7.7	1.18×About typical	1,695	$81,047	117
Religious organizations	137	7.3	1.32×More than typical	1,038	$24,472	—
Full-service restaurants	123	6.6	0.85×About typical	3,389	$22,873	20
Clothing and accessories stores	121	6.4	1.78×More than typical	1,543	$21,120	115
Automotive repair and maintenance	117	6.2	1.24×About typical	697	$40,725	125
Construction of buildings	103	5.5	0.73×Fewer than typical	750	$78,175	325
Lessors of real estate	100	5.3	0.43×Fewer than typical	362	$46,155	1,091
Building equipment contractors	99	5.3	0.88×About typical	1,062	$80,777	153

Rank places for an industry Open Saginaw County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 187,758 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Burt is mostly in Saginaw County.

See federal money in Saginaw County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Burt, Michigan is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Kristen McDonald RivetD-MI-8 · 100% of residentsWith party 89%Missed 2.2%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Saginaw County33100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Saginaw, MI35

Other cities and towns in Saginaw County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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