Utica, Michigan
Population is below the 2020 estimate base by 2.3%. Median household income ranks 141st among Michigan’s 276 cities. Homeownership is 59.1%. The ACS poverty estimate is 7.5%.
The numbers that define Utica now.
Population uses Census Vintage 2025. Household and housing measures use the 2020–2024 ACS. Residential authorizations use the 2025 Building Permits Survey.
Where Utica sits among its peers.
Value, ownership and new supply.
Housing authorizations are permit activity—not completions. The value-to-income ratio is a simple context measure, not a home-affordability guarantee.
housing units authorized
Michigan Progress did not locate a clean 2025 Census Building Permits Survey municipal place row in the reviewed annual place file for this city. The dashboard shows N/A rather than treating unavailable data as zero.
Population direction
-2.3% since 2020 estimate base. Latest completed Census estimate vintage.
What is changing in Utica right now?
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Projects on the local file.
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Current development coverage
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Schools, safety and employers.
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District coverage, live.
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Current school coverage ↗Agency data needs geography checks.
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Utica frequently asked questions
Direct answers based on the evidence and methodology used on this page.
Is Utica, Michigan growing?
The Census Bureau July 1, 2025 estimate is 5,114, a -2.3% change from the 2020 estimate base.
What is the median household income in Utica?
Median household income is $58,718 in the 2020–2024 ACS comparison vintage used by Michigan Progress.
What is the median home value in Utica?
Median owner-occupied home value is $231,100 in the 2020–2024 ACS comparison vintage.
How does Michigan Progress decide whether Utica is progressing?
The site compares standardized population, household and housing indicators, then keeps local development, schools, safety and news in separately labeled evidence layers so unlike geographies are not silently mixed.
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2025 population estimate plus 2020u20132024 ACS household income, housing value, homeownership and poverty measures.
Latest completed Census vintage used for the 2020 estimate base, 2025 estimate and five-year population direction.
2025 annual place-level residential buildings and housing units authorized. Authorizations are not housing completions.