Montcalm County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 58,991 87.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,033 4.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,158 3.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 149 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,966 4.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 153 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 366 0.5%

• Under 18 14,137 20.8%
• 18–24 5,420 8.0%
• 25–44 17,890 26.4%
• 45–64 18,256 26.9%
• 65 and over 12,113 17.9%

Median household income

$66,100

90% interval $62,077–$70,123

−$6,236 vs MI · 37th of 83

Below poverty line

14.2%

90% interval 11.4%–17.0%

+0.8 pp vs MI · 33rd of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.7%

−0.29 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.2B

0.31% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,167

Establishments

1,142

• Education & health services 4,012 24.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,234 19.7%
• Manufacturing 3,101 18.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,809 11.0%
• Construction 724 4.4%
• Public administration 722 4.4%
• Professional & business services 689 4.2%
• Natural resources & mining 443 2.7%
• Other services 433 2.6%
• Financial activities 336 2.1%
• Information 200 1.2%
• Unclassified 58 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 96.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

83.1%

+9.9 pp vs MI · 31st of 83

Median gross rent

$869

−$260 vs MI · 45th of 83

Owner-occupied

20,380

Renter-occupied

4,131

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% 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 (Manufacturing, $65,875/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,632/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 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 23,946 68.7%
• Democratic 10,368 29.8%
• Other / third-party 521 1.5%

• Spanish 1,204 1.9%
• German or other West Germanic 1,120 1.7%
• Chinese 174 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 123 0.2%
• Vietnamese 108 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 61 0.1%
• Arabic 54 0.1%
• Tagalog 22 0.0%
• Korean 7 0.0%

Households

24,511

Family households

16,598

67.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,179

25.2% of families

Single-mother families

1,033

6.2% of families

Veterans

4,333

8.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 8,960 13.5%
• Catholic 3,995 6.0%
• Mainline Protestant 3,271 4.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,399 2.1%
• Black Protestant 180 0.3%

Health insured

91.1%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

8.9%

±1.3 pp

7th of 83

With a disability

16.2%

±1 pp

47th of 83

Bachelor's or higher

16.0%

±1 pp

−16.4 pp vs MI · 78th of 83

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.8%

90% interval 7.9%–9.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

8th 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

Ionia, Stanton

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

14

26.08 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

14