Newaygo County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 44,293 87.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,175 6.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 400 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 213 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,064 4.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 144 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 45 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 458 0.9%

• Under 18 11,112 21.9%
• 18–24 3,581 7.1%
• 25–44 11,913 23.5%
• 45–64 13,674 26.9%
• 65 and over 10,512 20.7%

Median household income

$66,127

90% interval $61,267–$70,987

−$6,209 vs MI · 35th of 83

Below poverty line

11.7%

90% interval 9.5%–13.9%

−1.7 pp vs MI · 56th of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.3%

+0.27 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.1B

0.3% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,614

Establishments

901

• Education & health services 2,897 24.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,210 18.7%
• Manufacturing 1,962 16.6%
• Professional & business services 888 7.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 879 7.5%
• Financial activities 636 5.4%
• Construction 582 4.9%
• Other services 558 4.7%
• Natural resources & mining 487 4.1%
• Public administration 457 3.9%
• Information 70 0.6%
• Unclassified 22 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 98.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

86.5%

+13.3 pp vs MI · 15th of 83

Median gross rent

$904

−$225 vs MI · 36th of 83

Owner-occupied

17,007

Renter-occupied

2,644

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% 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, $76,442/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,887/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 20,630 70.7%
• Democratic 8,131 27.8%
• Other / third-party 436 1.5%

• Spanish 1,707 3.5%
• German or other West Germanic 406 0.8%
• Korean 52 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 49 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 38 0.1%
• Tagalog 17 0.0%
• Arabic 14 0.0%
• Chinese 8 0.0%

Households

19,651

Family households

13,720

69.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,010

21.9% of families

Single-mother families

964

7.0% of families

Veterans

2,965

7.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 10,258 20.5%
• Catholic 4,365 8.7%
• Mainline Protestant 2,448 4.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 383 0.8%
• Black Protestant 300 0.6%

Health insured

93.8%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

6.2%

±0.8 pp

23rd of 83

With a disability

17.8%

±1 pp

31st of 83

Bachelor's or higher

18.1%

±1.2 pp

−14.3 pp vs MI · 68th of 83

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.5%

90% interval 6.7%–8.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

27th 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

Hart, White Cloud

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

14

35.28 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

13