Barry County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 58,217 91.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,337 3.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 214 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 379 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,964 3.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 89 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 46 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 163 0.3%

• Under 18 13,753 21.7%
• 18–24 4,669 7.4%
• 25–44 15,218 24.0%
• 45–64 17,397 27.4%
• 65 and over 12,372 19.5%

Median household income

$81,939

90% interval $75,032–$88,846

+$9,603 vs MI · 9th of 83

Below poverty line

9.0%

90% interval 7.4%–10.6%

−4.4 pp vs MI · 72nd of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.7%

−0.3 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.3B

0.33% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,672

Establishments

1,102

• Manufacturing 3,551 26.7%
• Education & health services 2,812 21.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,881 14.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,455 11.0%
• Financial activities 717 5.4%
• Construction 642 4.8%
• Public administration 544 4.1%
• Professional & business services 535 4.0%
• Other services 464 3.5%
• Natural resources & mining 416 3.1%
• Information 84 0.6%
• Unclassified 28 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 98.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

87.3%

+14.1 pp vs MI · 9th of 83

Median gross rent

$972

−$157 vs MI · 26th of 83

Owner-occupied

21,374

Renter-occupied

3,106

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $81,764/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,604/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 25,650 66.4%
• Democratic 12,391 32.1%
• Other / third-party 580 1.5%

• Spanish 1,097 1.8%
• German or other West Germanic 1,013 1.7%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 136 0.2%
• Arabic 119 0.2%
• Vietnamese 116 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 59 0.1%
• Chinese 55 0.1%
• Korean 14 0.0%

Households

24,480

Family households

16,798

68.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,701

28.0% of families

Single-mother families

899

5.4% of families

Veterans

3,279

6.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 9,485 15.2%
• Mainline Protestant 3,251 5.2%
• Catholic 2,040 3.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 572 0.9%

Health insured

94.8%

±1 pp

Uninsured

5.2%

±1 pp

37th of 83

With a disability

12.9%

±0.9 pp

71st of 83

Bachelor's or higher

24.9%

±1.6 pp

−7.5 pp vs MI · 29th of 83

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.7%

90% interval 5.1%–6.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

5th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

2 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) and Probate Court judges separate. Vintage 2026 courts.michigan.gov / Wikipedia 'Michigan Circuit Courts' table; cross-checked against MCL § 600.508.)

Court seats

Hastings

Traffic fatalities

10

20.14 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

10