Lapeer County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 79,679 89.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,476 5.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 866 1.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 259 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,100 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 80 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 377 0.4%

• Under 18 17,667 19.9%
• 18–24 6,639 7.5%
• 25–44 20,431 23.0%
• 45–64 26,184 29.5%
• 65 and over 17,916 20.2%

Median household income

$78,002

90% interval $71,632–$84,372

+$5,666 vs MI · 14th of 83

Below poverty line

9.0%

90% interval 7.2%–10.8%

−4.4 pp vs MI · 73rd of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.4%

+0.42 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.3B

0.46% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,485

Establishments

1,779

• Education & health services 4,646 20.9%
• Manufacturing 4,474 20.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,918 17.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,646 11.9%
• Professional & business services 1,622 7.3%
• Construction 1,259 5.7%
• Public administration 899 4.0%
• Other services 762 3.4%
• Financial activities 740 3.3%
• Natural resources & mining 367 1.7%
• Information 177 0.8%
• Unclassified 84 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 97.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

86.0%

+12.8 pp vs MI · 21st of 83

Median gross rent

$988

−$141 vs MI · 23rd of 83

Owner-occupied

29,974

Renter-occupied

4,862

• 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 (Financial activities, $76,396/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,102/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 38,398 69.3%
• Democratic 16,338 29.5%
• Other / third-party 699 1.3%

• Spanish 2,327 2.7%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 292 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 177 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 91 0.1%
• Tagalog 36 0.0%
• Vietnamese 16 0.0%
• Chinese 14 0.0%
• Arabic 13 0.0%

Households

34,836

Family households

24,762

71.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

6,012

24.3% of families

Single-mother families

1,742

7.0% of families

Veterans

5,402

7.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 10,311 11.6%
• Catholic 9,831 11.1%
• Mainline Protestant 2,390 2.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 747 0.8%
• Black Protestant 150 0.2%

Health insured

95.2%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

4.8%

±0.7 pp

58th of 83

With a disability

15.5%

±0.9 pp

55th of 83

Bachelor's or higher

20.4%

±1.3 pp

−12.0 pp vs MI · 54th of 83

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.2%

90% interval 5.5%–6.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

40th 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

Lapeer

Traffic fatalities

19

26.7 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

14