Village · Luce County, Michigan
Newberry, Michigan
Newberry is a village in Luce County, Michigan. It has 1,329 residents. Newberry, Michigan has a quality-of-life score of 44 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,771 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Michigan it ranks #208 of 444 cities and towns. It ranks best on pharmacies (high), hot days (low) and grocery stores (high). It ranks worst on flu vaccinations (low), comfortable days (low) and distance to an airport (high).
- Quality-of-life score
- #8,771 of 15,651 cities and towns
- Michigan
- #208 of 444 in MI
- Population
- 1,329 (2020-2024)
- Land area
- 1 mi²
- Density
- 1,354.1 /mi²
- FIPS code
- 2657140
Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.
Scores by category
Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.
- Safety69#4,908/15,637
- Economy5#14,892/15,631
- Housing52#7,258/14,977
- Health23#12,005/15,609
- Healthcare51#7,648/15,650
- Environment99#147/15,453
- Education29#11,054/15,649
- Infrastructure28#11,280/15,650
- Community38#9,708/15,651
- Leisure & amenities84#2,495/15,651
Strengths · Weaknesses
Indicators where Newberry, Michigan ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Luce 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
- Pharmacies · high4.7 /10k
- Hot days · low0 days99/100Michigan 5 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationLuce County value
- Grocery stores · high4.7 /10k
- Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k99/100Michigan 16.2 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataLuce County value
- Home price to income ratio · low1.5×
- Natural hazard risk · low1.9
Weaknesses
- Flu vaccinations · low16.0%0/100Michigan 43.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLuce County value
- Comfortable days · low21.1%1/100Michigan 23.1%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationLuce County value
- Distance to an airport · high203 mi1/100Michigan 44 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauLuce County value
- Distance to an Amtrak station · high234 mi2/100Michigan 25 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauLuce County value
- Poverty rate · high29.7%
- Depression · high30.8%4/100Michigan 26.5%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Trends
The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.
- Child poverty rateWorsening
30.8% (2015-2019) → 52.9% (2020-2024)
+22 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
- Broadband subscriptionsImproving
72.8% (2015-2019) → 88.2% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
- Poverty rateWorsening
20.1% (2015-2019) → 29.7% (2020-2024)
+9.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
- High school diploma or higherImproving
85.6% (2015-2019) → 94.8% (2020-2024)
+9.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
- Average commute timeWorsening
10.8 min (2015-2019) → 14.8 min (2020-2024)
+38%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
- Median household incomeImproving
$35,278 (2015-2019) → $45,781 (2020-2024)
+30%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
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.
Cities and towns like Newberry, Michigan five years ago that improved
The places whose measures looked most like those of Newberry, 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.
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).
Income
How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.
Homes
Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.
Getting to work
How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.
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.
Federal contracts performed here
Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Newberry is mostly in Luce County.
See federal money in Luce CountyRepresentation 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.
County
A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.
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
