Living in Port Huron, MI
Small city in Michigan
Port Huron is a small city in Michigan, home to about 29,000 people, with 96,000 living within 31 mi. Day to day, much of daily life is walkable. Life moves at a moderate pace, and homes are mostly houses.
Is Port Huron a good place to live? Pros and cons
👍 Pros
- Affordable housing: a typical 3-bedroom home is about $185k and rents for $1,720 a month
- Dog-friendly: 3 dog parks within 9 mi
- Mild summers: highs around 79°F
- Great outdoors: coast or a lake close by
👎 Cons
- Fewer graduates: 19% of adults have a bachelor's degree or higher
- Smaller job market: about 96,000 people live within 31 mi
- Cloudier than most places
- Weaker public schools: test results well below the US average
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Key facts
Living in Port Huron: common questions
What is the cost of living in Port Huron?
A typical 3-bedroom home is worth about $185k, and a 3-bedroom rents for about $1,720 a month including utilities. Overall living costs are below the US average (index 96, where the US is 100).
What are taxes like in Port Huron?
Michigan collects about $1,246 in state income tax per resident, and homeowners here pay about 1.49% of their home's value in property tax each year.
Is Port Huron safe?
Violent crime is well above the national rate (2.0× in FBI 2019 data).
How are the schools in Port Huron?
Public schools in Port Huron test well below the US average in math and reading (2018–19 state tests, put on one national scale with NAEP), with about 19 students per teacher.
What is the weather like in Port Huron?
Port Huron has cold winters: winter days average around 33°F and summer days around 79°F, with roughly 36″ of snow a year.
Does Port Huron get natural disasters?
Natural disaster risk is low, mainly from flooding and cold waves: 1 federally declared disaster has hit the county since 2000, and FEMA expects about 0.66 deaths or injuries per 100,000 residents a year.
What is the nearest major airport to Port Huron?
The nearest major airport is DTW, about 71 mi away.
How Port Huron scores
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