City · Wayne County, Michigan

Ecorse, Michigan

Ecorse is a city in Wayne County, Michigan, part of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area. It has 9,064 residents. Ecorse, Michigan has a quality-of-life score of 7 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,564 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Michigan it ranks #438 of 444 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), pharmacies (high) and new business applications (high). It ranks worst on broadband subscriptions (low), violent crime rate (high) and frequent mental distress (high).

7Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,564 of 15,651 cities and towns
Michigan: #438 of 444 in MI
Population: 9,064 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 3,194.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 2624740

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 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.

Safety4#15,019/15,637
Economy12#13,682/15,631
Housing35#9,712/14,977
Health6#14,625/15,609
Healthcare58#6,535/15,650
Environment8#14,175/15,453
Education1#15,439/15,649
Infrastructure26#11,599/15,650
Community32#10,572/15,651
Leisure & amenities36#9,951/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Ecorse, Michigan ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Wayne 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

Home price to income ratio · low1.6×
97/100Michigan 3.2×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Pharmacies · high3.0 /10k
96/100Michigan 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWayne County value
New business applications · high22.3 /1k
94/100Michigan 15.0 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauWayne County value
Distance to an emergency room · low3.0 mi
93/100Michigan 5.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesWayne County value
Natural hazard risk · low4.5
92/100Michigan 10.32025Federal Emergency Management AgencyWayne County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · low7 mi
87/100Michigan 25 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauWayne County value

Weaknesses

Broadband subscriptions · low72.3%
1/100Michigan 90.5%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Violent crime rate · high850 /100k
1/100Michigan 416 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationWayne County value
Frequent mental distress · high23.5%
2/100Michigan 20.0%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Preventable hospital stays · high4,880 /100k
2/100Michigan 3,367 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWayne County value
Lack of reliable transportation · high18.8%
3/100Michigan 8.8%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Food insecurity · high37.9%
3/100Michigan 16.3%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

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

Child poverty rateImproving
49.7% (2015-2019) → 33.4% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
59.9% (2015-2019) → 72.2% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
81.3% (2015-2019) → 70.1% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
42.4% (2015-2019) → 31.6% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
63.1% (2015-2019) → 54.7% (2020-2024)
−8.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$28,991 (2015-2019) → $40,241 (2020-2024)
+39%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Ecorse, Michigan improved on 5 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 8 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.

Improved5

Property tax−1 points3.05% → 2.04%
Rent / income−11 points42.4% → 31.6%
Child poverty−16 points49.7% → 33.4%
Household income+39%$28,991 → $40,241
Broadband+12 points59.9% → 72.2%

Declined1

High school+−11 points81.3% → 70.1%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Ecorse, Michigan between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.7 min2015-2019	23.1 min2020-2024	−1.6 min	Within the margin of error	67%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%2015-2019	8.4%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Broadband subscriptions	59.9%2015-2019	72.2%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	70%
Child poverty rate	49.7%2015-2019	33.4%2020-2024	−16 points	Improved	91%
Effective property tax rate	3.05%2015-2019	2.04%2020-2024	−1 points	Improved	99%
High school diploma or higher	81.3%2015-2019	70.1%2020-2024	−11 points	Declined	1%
Home price to income ratio	1.5×2015-2019	1.6×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	70%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4872015-2019	0.4562020-2024	−0.031	Within the margin of error	74%
Median household income	$28,9912015-2019	$40,2412020-2024	+39%	Improved	72%
Poverty rate	33.3%2015-2019	29.4%2020-2024	−3.9 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Rent as share of income	42.4%2015-2019	31.6%2020-2024	−11 points	Improved	94%
Rent-burdened households	63.1%2015-2019	54.7%2020-2024	−8.4 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Unemployment rate	10.1%2015-2019	8.2%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.0%2015-2019	7.2%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	57%

“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 Ecorse, Michigan five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Ecorse, 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, Ecorse, Michigan itself moved +6.2 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

9,064 residents (±32)

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

3,614 households (±345)

Ecorse, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $25k38%1,358
$25k–50k21%749
$50k–75k22%†798

Homes

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

Owners and renters

3,614 households (±345)

Ecorse, Michigan
Michigan share

Own62%2,247
Rent38%1,367

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

3,272 workers (±450)

Ecorse, Michigan
Michigan share

Drive alone75%2,447
Carpool8.3%†273
Public transit1.1%†

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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, 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 Wayne County, the county holding most of Ecorse's residents.

Wayne County has 33,699 employer establishments, 192 for every 10,000 residents (0.77× the US rate of 248; 0.84× Michigan's), with 665,558 paid employees at an average annual pay of $70,068. The Census Bureau also counts 169,690 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 33,699; 169,690 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 192; US 248 · Michigan 228
Paid employees: 665,558
Average annual pay: $70,068; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	2,972	16.9	0.92×About typical	50,464	$22,311	1,158
Ambulatory health care services	2,904	16.5	0.79×Fewer than typical	40,789	$67,825	9,578
Truck transportation	1,604	9.1	1.80×More than typical	12,438	$59,677	7,358
Limited-service restaurants	1,496	8.5	1.06×About typical	24,633	$20,538	410
Specialty trade contractors	1,391	7.9	0.51×Fewer than typical	14,302	$81,031	8,732
Full-service restaurants	1,181	6.7	0.87×About typical	22,687	$24,721	456
Automotive repair and maintenance	1,108	6.3	1.25×More than typical	5,177	$46,087	2,249
Offices of physicians	1,050	6	0.92×About typical	15,809	$85,878	1,010
Lessors of real estate	1,016	5.8	0.47×Fewer than typical	5,220	$65,449	11,935
Religious organizations	766	4.4	0.79×Fewer than typical	5,720	$26,789	—
Gasoline stations	758	4.3	1.33×More than typical	3,260	$24,940	163
Construction of buildings	729	4.1	0.55×Fewer than typical	5,731	$87,152	4,634

Rank places for an industry Open Wayne County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,758,381 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: Ecorse is mostly in Wayne County.

See federal money in Wayne 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.

Ecorse, Michigan is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Elissa SlotkinD-

County

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

Wayne County27100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI61

Other cities and towns in Wayne 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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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