Village · Huron County, Michigan

Pigeon, Michigan

Pigeon is a village in Huron County, Michigan. It has 1,100 residents. Pigeon, Michigan has a quality-of-life score of 62 out of 100 (high), ranking #5,911 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Michigan it ranks #109 of 444 cities and towns. It ranks best on hospital quality rating (high), job growth (high) and restaurants and bars (high). It ranks worst on new business applications (low), distance to an airport (high) and depression (high).

62High

Quality-of-life score: #5,911 of 15,651 cities and towns
Michigan: #109 of 444 in MI
Population: 1,100 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,382.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 2664060

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety71#4,462/15,637
Economy47#8,227/15,631
Housing79#3,125/14,977
Health40#9,340/15,609
Healthcare44#8,798/15,650
Environment71#4,445/15,453
Education45#8,636/15,649
Infrastructure31#10,788/15,650
Community73#4,250/15,651
Leisure & amenities74#3,993/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Pigeon, Michigan ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Huron 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

Hospital quality rating · high5.0
98/100Michigan 3.1United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHuron County value
Job growth · high5.1%
98/100Michigan 0.3%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataHuron County value
Restaurants and bars · high17.0 /10k
97/100Michigan 9.1 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHuron County value
Social associations · high17.8 /10k
96/100Michigan 9.6 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHuron County value
Average commute time · low13.3 min
96/100Michigan 24.2 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Time spent in the emergency room · low107 min
94/100Michigan 163 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHuron County value

Weaknesses

New business applications · low7.7 /1k
5/100Michigan 15.0 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauHuron County value
Distance to an airport · high113 mi
7/100Michigan 44 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauHuron County value
Depression · high29.3%
8/100Michigan 26.5%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.3 /10k
11/100Michigan 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHuron County value
Flu vaccinations · low32.0%
11/100Michigan 43.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHuron County value
Mental health care shortage · high18.0
11/100Michigan 9.3United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationHuron County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,259 (2015-2019) → 1,100 (2020-2024)
−13%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
59.4% (2015-2019) → 39.2% (2020-2024)
−20 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
67.7% (2015-2019) → 86.5% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
20.2% (2015-2019) → 6.1% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
33.7% (2015-2019) → 23.1% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$41,397 (2015-2019) → $52,361 (2020-2024)
+26%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.

Over about five years, Pigeon, Michigan improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 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

Rent burden−20 points59.4% → 39.2%
Broadband+19 points67.7% → 86.5%

Declined1

Uninsured+4.6 points3.4% → 8.0%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Pigeon, Michigan between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	15.5 min2015-2019	13.3 min2020-2024	−2.2 min	Within the margin of error	73%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%2015-2019	24.3%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Broadband subscriptions	67.7%2015-2019	86.5%2020-2024	+19 points	Improved	88%
Effective property tax rate	2.16%2015-2019	1.70%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	89%
High school diploma or higher	89.5%2015-2019	94.2%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	59%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3922015-2019	0.4082020-2024	+0.016	Within the margin of error	37%
Median household income	$41,3972015-2019	$52,3612020-2024	+26%	Within the margin of error	47%
Poverty rate	13.7%2015-2019	8.8%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Rent as share of income	33.7%2015-2019	23.1%2020-2024	−11 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Rent-burdened households	59.4%2015-2019	39.2%2020-2024	−20 points	Improved	94%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	3.4%2015-2019	8.0%2020-2024	+4.6 points	Declined	12%

“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 Pigeon, Michigan five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Pigeon, 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, Pigeon, Michigan itself moved +15.5 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

1,100 residents (±161)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

519 households (±72)

Pigeon, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $25k20%†102
$25k–50k29%†149
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

519 households (±72)

Pigeon, Michigan
Michigan share

Own61%315
Rent39%204

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

462 workers (±78)

Pigeon, Michigan
Michigan share

Drive alone72%332
Carpool13%†61
Public transit0.0%0

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 Huron County, the county holding most of Pigeon's residents.

Huron County has 933 employer establishments, 302 for every 10,000 residents (1.21× the US rate of 248; 1.32× Michigan's), with 10,758 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,097. The Census Bureau also counts 2,472 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 933; 2,472 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 302; US 248 · Michigan 228
Paid employees: 10,758
Average annual pay: $48,097; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	84	27.1	1.30×More than typical	598	$53,396	83
Restaurants and other eating places	73	23.6	1.28×More than typical	866	$16,396	5
Specialty trade contractors	72	23.3	1.50×More than typical	269	$54,699	189
Truck transportation	47	15.2	3.00×More than typical	368	$67,342	85
Religious organizations	46	14.9	2.68×More than typical	259	$18,533	—
Construction of buildings	42	13.6	1.80×More than typical	111	$52,432	110
Full-service restaurants	39	12.6	1.64×More than typical	371	$17,299	—
Offices of physicians	34	11	1.70×More than typical	243	$69,757	11
Automotive repair and maintenance	31	10	1.99×More than typical	116	$44,845	66
Limited-service restaurants	27	8.7	1.09×About typical	494	$15,178	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	26	8.4	1.25×About typical	70	$48,314	148
Building equipment contractors	25	8.1	1.34×More than typical	177	$52,842	30

Rank places for an industry Open Huron County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 30,944 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 Pigeon, 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

151.6FY2017
151.6FY2018
15.4KFY2019
189.3FY2020
-1.9FY2022
-17.4FY2023
-23.6FY2024

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 Pigeon, Michigan, so they do not add up across cities.

Pigeon, Michigan's figures are part of those of Huron County, MI ($8.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Huron 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.

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

House

Lisa C. McClainR-MI-9 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 2.7%

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.

Huron County69100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Huron 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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