† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupSanduskyMichiganUnited States
German24.6%17.7%12.5%
English13.2%10.5%9.5%
Irish12.3%9.9%9.4%
Polish9.4%7.2%2.2%
American4.3%4.2%5.3%
Scottish3.6%—1.3%
Italian2.9%4.2%4.8%
French2.9%3.0%1.6%
Mexican3.1%4.0%11.3%
Spanish0.3%——
Puerto Rican0.2%0.5%1.8%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Sandusky
Michigan
United States
Median age
39.1
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
9.7%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.7%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sandusky
Michigan
United States
Median household income
$56,563
$72,875
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.1%
13.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
15.6%
32.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sandusky
Michigan
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.2%
10.4%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sandusky
Michigan
United States
Catholic
—
14.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
12.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
60.3%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Sandusky, Michigan
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−19.4%
2008
−3.1%
2012
−10.4%
2016
−33.7%
2020
−35.0%
2024
−36.0%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
31.3%Harris407
67.3%Trump875
1.5%
R+36.0
R+0.9
R+34.5
1,301
R
31.7%Biden367
66.7%Trump773
1.6%
R+35.0
R+1.3
R+39.5
1,159
R
30.2%Clinton295
63.9%Trump624
5.8%
R+33.7
R+23.3
R+35.8
976
R
44.1%Obama422
54.5%Romney522
1.5%
R+10.4
R+7.3
R+14.3
958
R
47.2%Obama511
50.4%McCain545
2.4%
R+3.1
D+16.2
R+10.4
1,082
R
40.2%Kerry436
59.5%Bush646
0.3%
R+19.4
—
R+16.9
1,085
Sandusky serves as the governmental and commercial center of Sanilac County, a rural stretch of Michigan's Thumb where agricultural land use and small-town demographics have long shaped consistently Republican-leaning margins in statewide contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 36.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 36.0 points.
A population of 2,694, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,563 describe the city.
In 2024, Sandusky, Michigan voted Republican by 36.0 points (R+36.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,301 votes cast, 407 went Democratic and 875 went Republican.
How many people live in Sandusky, Michigan?
Sandusky, Michigan has a population of 2,694 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sandusky, Michigan?
Median household income in Sandusky, Michigan is $56,563 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Sandusky, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Sandusky, Michigan from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
