Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety77#3,530/15,637
Economy14#13,416/15,631
Housing43#8,548/14,977
Health25#11,642/15,609
Healthcare20#12,552/15,650
Environment98#349/15,453
Education12#13,744/15,649
Infrastructure26#11,537/15,650
Community57#6,802/15,651
Leisure & amenities71#4,493/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lewiston, Michigan ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Montmorency County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Grocery stores · high4.1 /10k
98/100Michigan 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMontmorency County value
Property crime rate · low226 /100k
98/100Michigan 1,259 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationMontmorency County value
Traffic deaths · low4.2 /100k
98/100Michigan 11.0 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataMontmorency County value
Job growth · high4.6%
97/100Michigan 0.3%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMontmorency County value
Restaurants and bars · high17.3 /10k
97/100Michigan 9.1 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMontmorency County value
Public libraries · high3.1 /10k
96/100Michigan 0.7 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesMontmorency County value

Weaknesses

Access to exercise opportunities · low16.5%
1/100Michigan 85.7%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMontmorency County value
Reading scores · low2.40
1/100Michigan 2.99United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMontmorency County value
Math scores · low2.31
1/100Michigan 2.85United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMontmorency County value
Distance to an emergency room · high24.8 mi
1/100Michigan 5.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMontmorency County value
Average weekly wage · low$822
1/100Michigan $1,362United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMontmorency County value
Distance to an airport · high162 mi
2/100Michigan 44 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauMontmorency County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,289 (2015-2019) → 1,201 (2020-2024)
−6.8%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
28.0% (2015-2019) → 4.4% (2020-2024)
−24 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
74.1% (2015-2019) → 89.9% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
70.8% (2015-2019) → 55.7% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$36,314 (2015-2019) → $54,231 (2020-2024)
+49%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
High school diploma or higherImproving
85.2% (2015-2019) → 94.2% (2020-2024)
+9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Lewiston, Michigan improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Household income+49%$36,314 → $54,231
Broadband+16 points74.1% → 89.9%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Lewiston, Michigan between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.6 min2015-2019	20.2 min2020-2024	+3.6 min	Within the margin of error	16%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%2015-2019	19.2%2020-2024	+7.5 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Broadband subscriptions	74.1%2015-2019	89.9%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	82%
Effective property tax rate	0.95%2015-2019	0.84%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	37%
High school diploma or higher	85.2%2015-2019	94.2%2020-2024	+9 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	70%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3862015-2019	0.4782020-2024	+0.092	Within the margin of error	6%
Median household income	$36,3142015-2019	$54,2312020-2024	+49%	Improved	84%
Poverty rate	16.2%2015-2019	18.6%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	37.1%2015-2019	39.8%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Rent-burdened households	70.8%2015-2019	55.7%2020-2024	−15 points	Within the margin of error	89%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Lewiston, Michigan five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lewiston, Michigan in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Lewiston, Michigan itself moved +4.8 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,201 residents (±185)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 women (+6.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,201 residents (±185)

Lewiston, Michigan
Michigan share

White89%1,073
Black1.2%†14
Hispanic or Latino3.8%†46

Education

1,026 residents (±167)

Lewiston, Michigan
Michigan share

No high school diploma5.8%†60
High school or GED35%†354
Some college34%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

636 households (±103)

Lewiston, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $25k32%†205
$25k–50k16%†104
$50k–75k9.3%†59
$75k–100k29%†186
$100k–150k3.5%†22
$150k–200k4.7%†30
$200k or more4.7%†30

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (+21.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

636 households (±103)

Lewiston, Michigan
Michigan share

Own68%435
Rent32%†201

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

201 households (±89)

Lewiston, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $75046%†93
$750–1,00049%†99
$1,000–1,5004.5%†9

Home values

435 homes (±95)

Lewiston, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $150k44%†193
$150k–250k14%†63
$250k–400k25%†107

Age of homes

967 homes (±150)

Lewiston, Michigan
Michigan share

2010 or later0.7%†7
2000–20099.4%†91
1980–199924%†231

Size of homes

967 homes (±150)

Lewiston, Michigan
Michigan share

Studio4.4%†43
1 bedroom11%†107
2 bedrooms44%422

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

525 workers (±132)

Lewiston, Michigan
Michigan share

Drive alone83%†436
Carpool1.5%†8
Public transit0.0%0
Walk4.4%†23
Bike0.0%0
Work from home11%†58
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

467 workers (±134)

Lewiston, Michigan
Michigan share

Under 15 min57%†267
15–29 min4.3%†20
30–44 min21%†99

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Montmorency County, the county holding most of Lewiston's residents.

Montmorency County has 207 employer establishments, 213 for every 10,000 residents (0.86× the US rate of 248; 0.94× Michigan's), with 1,592 paid employees at an average annual pay of $38,863. The Census Bureau also counts 600 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 207; 600 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 213; US 248 · Michigan 228
Paid employees: 1,592
Average annual pay: $38,863; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Montmorency County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	25	25.8	1.67×More than typical	70	$83,300	52
Restaurants and other eating places	20	20.6	1.12×About typical	162	$21,265	3
Construction of buildings	18	18.6	2.45×More than typical	44	$50,114	27
Full-service restaurants	14	14.4	1.88×More than typical	132	$22,955	3
Religious organizations	12	12.4	2.23×More than typical	26	$21,500	—
Ambulatory health care services	10	10.3	0.49×Fewer than typical	111	$55,189	19
Building equipment contractors	10	10.3	1.71×More than typical	26	$52,115	13
Gasoline stations	8	8.2	2.54×Too few to compare	57	$25,228	—
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	7	7.2	4.52×Too few to compare	193	$39,539	—
Lessors of real estate	7	7.2	0.59×Too few to compare	15	$42,933	80
Other specialty trade contractors	7	7.2	2.88×Too few to compare	31	$127,419	13
Banks and credit unions	6	6.2	1.92×Too few to compare	28	$54,500	—

Rank places for an industry Open Montmorency County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,698 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Lewiston, Michigan: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

548.6FY2018
131.6FY2019
341.1FY2020
318.1FY2021

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Lewiston, Michigan, so they do not add up across cities.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Lewiston is mostly in Montmorency County.

See federal money in Montmorency County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Lewiston, Michigan is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Jack BergmanR-MI-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.4%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Montmorency County38100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Montmorency County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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