Eaton County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 87,084 79.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,891 6.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 7,352 6.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,413 2.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 4,515 4.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 237 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 29 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 609 0.6%

• Under 18 22,348 20.5%
• 18–24 8,732 8.0%
• 25–44 28,001 25.7%
• 45–64 28,109 25.8%
• 65 and over 21,940 20.1%

Median household income

$80,080

90% interval $76,140–$84,020

+$7,744 vs MI · 11th of 83

Below poverty line

8.2%

90% interval 6.7%–9.7%

−5.2 pp vs MI · 80th of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

−0.65 pp vs. state

County GDP

$7.4B

1.06% of state

Avg. annual pay

$63,864

Establishments

2,178

• Trade, transportation & utilities 12,675 27.8%
• Manufacturing 8,337 18.3%
• Education & health services 5,794 12.7%
• Financial activities 5,277 11.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,912 8.6%
• Professional & business services 2,125 4.7%
• Construction 1,624 3.6%
• Other services 1,610 3.5%
• Public administration 1,090 2.4%
• Information 455 1.0%
• Natural resources & mining 135 0.3%
• Unclassified 100 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 94.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.2%

+1.0 pp vs MI · 70th of 83

Median gross rent

$1,092

−$37 vs MI · 14th of 83

Owner-occupied

33,694

Renter-occupied

11,734

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% 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 (Information, $86,904/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,471/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 21 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 33,102 50.8%
• Democratic 31,056 47.7%
• Other / third-party 1,013 1.6%

• Spanish 2,544 2.5%
• German or other West Germanic 831 0.8%
• Vietnamese 411 0.4%
• Arabic 287 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 199 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 180 0.2%
• Chinese 97 0.1%
• Tagalog 79 0.1%
• Korean 63 0.1%

Households

45,428

Family households

29,107

64.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

7,761

26.7% of families

Single-mother families

1,986

6.8% of families

Veterans

6,441

7.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 19,776 18.1%
• Catholic 5,521 5.1%
• Mainline Protestant 4,048 3.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 724 0.7%
• Black Protestant 198 0.2%

Health insured

95.6%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

4.4%

±0.6 pp

66th of 83

With a disability

15.3%

±0.7 pp

57th of 83

Bachelor's or higher

30.8%

±1.4 pp

−1.6 pp vs MI · 21st of 83

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.4%

90% interval 4.8%–6.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

56th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

3 (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

Charlotte

Traffic fatalities

18

20.74 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

15