Scores by category

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

Safety42#9,106/15,637
Economy26#11,619/15,631
Housing53#7,004/14,977
Health27#11,368/15,609
Healthcare27#11,440/15,650
Environment90#1,471/15,453
Education43#8,985/15,649
Infrastructure34#10,262/15,650
Community73#4,295/15,651
Leisure & amenities95#822/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Natural hazard risk · low0.5
100/100Michigan 10.32025Federal Emergency Management AgencyMackinac County value
Public transit commuters · high28.3%
100/100Michigan 0.9%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Restaurants and bars · high33.8 /10k
100/100Michigan 9.1 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMackinac County value
Hot days · low0 days
100/100Michigan 5 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMackinac County value
Public libraries · high5.4 /10k
99/100Michigan 0.7 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesMackinac County value
Grocery stores · high4.4 /10k
99/100Michigan 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMackinac County value

Weaknesses

Distance to an airport · high211 mi
1/100Michigan 44 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauMackinac County value
Comfortable days · low21.5%
1/100Michigan 23.1%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMackinac County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high212 mi
2/100Michigan 25 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauMackinac County value
Flu vaccinations · low24.0%
2/100Michigan 43.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMackinac County value
Food environment index · low5.9
3/100Michigan 7.1United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMackinac County value
Suicide rate · high27.2 /100k
6/100Michigan 14.5 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataMackinac County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
2,239 (2015-2019) → 2,463 (2020-2024)
+10%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Public transit commutersImproving
3.2% (2015-2019) → 28.3% (2020-2024)
+25 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%
Average commute timeWorsening
14.0 min (2015-2019) → 31.3 min (2020-2024)
+125%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Child poverty rateWorsening
15.2% (2015-2019) → 36.3% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$40,337 (2015-2019) → $64,663 (2020-2024)
+60%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
81.0% (2015-2019) → 92.1% (2020-2024)
+11 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, St. Ignace, Michigan improved on 3 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 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.

Improved3

Transit use+25 points3.2% → 28.3%
Household income+60%$40,337 → $64,663
Broadband+11 points81.0% → 92.1%

Declined2

Commute+17.4 min14.0 min → 31.3 min
Poverty+10 points14.3% → 24.6%

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of St. Ignace, Michigan between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	14.0 min2015-2019	31.3 min2020-2024	+17.4 min	Declined	0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%2015-2019	18.1%2020-2024	−3.3 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Broadband subscriptions	81.0%2015-2019	92.1%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	65%
Effective property tax rate	1.73%2015-2019	1.24%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	90%
High school diploma or higher	90.0%2015-2019	91.3%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	2.0×2020-2024	−0.8×	Within the margin of error	96%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4362015-2019	0.4112020-2024	−0.025	Within the margin of error	71%
Median household income	$40,3372015-2019	$64,6632020-2024	+60%	Improved	91%
Poverty rate	14.3%2015-2019	24.6%2020-2024	+10 points	Declined	4%
Public transit commuters	3.2%2015-2019	28.3%2020-2024	+25 points	Improved	100%
Rent as share of income	32.6%2015-2019	29.6%2020-2024	−3 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Rent-burdened households	53.8%2015-2019	49.2%2020-2024	−4.6 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.9%2015-2019	17.4%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Within the margin of error	12%

“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 St. Ignace, Michigan five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of St. Ignace, 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, St. Ignace, Michigan itself moved +3.9 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

2,463 residents (±180)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 40–49 women (+5.2 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,463 residents (±180)

St. Ignace, Michigan
Michigan share

White47%1,146
Black16%†392
Hispanic or Latino1.8%†44
Asian2.2%†54
American Indian and Alaska Native23%559
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races11%268

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−16.5 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,988 residents (±156)

St. Ignace, Michigan
Michigan share

No high school diploma8.7%†172
High school or GED45%901
Some college21%416
Associate degree7.0%†139
Bachelor's degree12%†230
Graduate degree6.5%†130

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

1,171 households (±100)

St. Ignace, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $25k17%†199
$25k–50k18%†214
$50k–75k25%295
$75k–100k12%†139
$100k–150k20%240
$150k–200k2.1%†25
$200k or more5.0%†59

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−17.6 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,171 households (±100)

St. Ignace, Michigan
Michigan share

Own64%755
Rent36%416

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+8.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

264 households (±68)

St. Ignace, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $75066%†173
$750–1,00026%†69
$1,000–1,5008.3%†22

Home values

755 homes (±82)

St. Ignace, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $150k54%406
$150k–250k26%†194
$250k–400k15%†116

Age of homes

1,409 homes (±121)

St. Ignace, Michigan
Michigan share

2010 or later1.6%†23
2000–20097.1%†100
1980–199922%307

Size of homes

1,409 homes (±121)

St. Ignace, Michigan
Michigan share

Studio1.1%†16
1 bedroom12%†168
2 bedrooms29%403

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,152 workers (±133)

St. Ignace, Michigan
Michigan share

Drive alone60%689
Carpool1.5%†17
Public transit28%†326
Walk1.4%†16
Bike1.1%†13
Work from home7.1%†82
Other0.8%†9

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Public transit (+25.1 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,070 workers (±135)

St. Ignace, Michigan
Michigan share

Under 15 min49%524
15–29 min5.9%†63
30–44 min3.2%†34

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Mackinac County, the county holding most of St. Ignace's residents.

Mackinac County has 451 employer establishments, 413 for every 10,000 residents (1.66× the US rate of 248; 1.81× Michigan's), with 2,342 paid employees at an average annual pay of $73,904. The Census Bureau also counts 963 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 451; 963 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 413; US 248 · Michigan 228
Paid employees: 2,342
Average annual pay: $73,904; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	48	43.9	2.39×More than typical	250	$62,680	27
Traveler accommodation	43	39.4	21.8×More than typical	281	$176,128	30
Construction of buildings	32	29.3	3.87×More than typical	105	$55,229	68
Full-service restaurants	29	26.6	3.46×More than typical	156	$71,859	24
Specialty trade contractors	27	24.7	1.60×More than typical	110	$44,691	87
Banks and credit unions	15	13.7	4.25×More than typical	79	$50,228	—
Limited-service restaurants	15	13.7	1.71×More than typical	94	$46,021	—
Ambulatory health care services	13	11.9	0.57×Fewer than typical	63	$74,032	22
Religious organizations	13	11.9	2.15×More than typical	48	$19,146	—
Building equipment contractors	11	10.1	1.67×More than typical	57	$47,930	14
Building material and supplies dealers (hardware, home centers)	10	9.2	5.55×More than typical	65	$35,677	—
Gasoline stations	10	9.2	2.82×More than typical	66	$34,621	—

Rank places for an industry Open Mackinac County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 10,922 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

In FY2026, an estimated $61.8K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in St. Ignace, Michigan: $25.10 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $61.8K; +161% vs FY2025
Per resident: $25.10; US $1,995
Sole-source: 16%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Coast Guard$37.4K61%
Forest Service$24.4K39%

Top recipients

MIKE & SON ASPHALT, INC.$22.3K36%
K & M INDUSTRIAL LLC$20.2K33%
OJIBWE HAZARDOUS ABATEMENT, LLC$9,60516%
RB CONSTRUCTION COMPANY$6,0029.7%
JOEL FYOCK$1,4482.3%

Spending by fiscal year

19.7KFY2017
40.5KFY2018
45.6KFY2019
41KFY2020
42.9KFY2021
54.3KFY2022
63.2KFY2023
16.9KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$22.3K36%
Ship and boat building · 3366$20.2K33%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$15.6K25%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$1,8743.0%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$1,4482.3%
Other support services · 5619$198

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in St. Ignace, Michigan, so they do not add up across cities.

St. Ignace, Michigan's figures are part of those of Mackinac County, MI ($2.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 2.6% of that total.

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

See federal money in Mackinac 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.

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

House

Jack BergmanR-MI-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.4%

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.

Mackinac County61100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Mackinac 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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