Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety56#407/924
Economy32#630/925
Housing44#522/925
Health33#619/925
Healthcare48#482/923
Environment36#585/917
Education33#619/925
Infrastructure29#661/925
Community61#363/925
Leisure & amenities75#234/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Cadillac, MI micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Voter turnout · high76.1%
94/100Michigan 74.6%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionAggregated from counties
Public libraries · high1.4 /10k
87/100Michigan 0.7 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
Hot days · low5 days
85/100Michigan 5 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Restaurants and bars · high11.7 /10k
84/100Michigan 9.1 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Homicide rate · low1.7 /100k
83/100Michigan 4.7 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Child care cost burden · low23.5%
81/100Michigan 25.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Unemployment rate · high6.0%
6/100Michigan 5.2%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Depression · high29.5%
6/100Michigan 26.5%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
High ozone days · high3 days
9/100Michigan 3 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Comfortable days · low23.0%
9/100Michigan 23.1%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Income adjusted for local prices · low$53,733
9/100Michigan $66,194United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic AnalysisEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Aggregated from counties
Suicide rate · high25.5 /100k
13/100Michigan 14.5 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Trends

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

High ozone daysWorsening
1 days (2017) → 3 days (2022)
+207%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
New homes permittedImproving
2.2 /1k (2021) → 4.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+121%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
43.7% (2010 & 2021) → 62.1% (2022 & 2024)
+18 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Child care cost burdenImproving
37.5% (2020 & 2021) → 23.5% (2023 & 2024)
−14 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
75.0% (2015-2019) → 87.2% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
32.4 /100k (2021) → 12.8 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−60%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k

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, Cadillac, MI micropolitan area improved on 14 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 7 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved14

Restaurants+24%9.4 /10k → 11.7 /10k
Grocery stores+23%1.6 /10k → 2.0 /10k
Traffic deaths−21%19.1 /100k → 15.0 /100k
Broadband+12 points75.0% → 87.2%
Arts & recreation+23%4.1 /10k → 5.0 /10k

Declined6

Violent crime+38%247 /100k → 340 /100k
Suicides+39%18.3 /100k → 25.5 /100k
Commute+2.4 min21.6 min → 23.9 min
Firearm deaths+16%12.3 /100k → 14.2 /100k
Pharmacies−16%1.4 /10k → 1.2 /10k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Cadillac, MI micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.1 /10k2020	5.0 /10k2025	+23%	Improved	78%
Average commute time	21.6 min2015-2019	23.9 min2020-2024	+2.4 min	Declined	9%
Average weekly wage	$8342020	$1,0302025	+24%	Improved	53%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%2015-2019	20.5%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Improved	70%
Broadband subscriptions	75.0%2015-2019	87.2%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	79%
Child poverty rate	20.3%2015-2019	16.0%2020-2024	−4.3 points	Improved	71%
Distance to an airport	99 mi2020	99 mi2025	−0 mi	Little change	80%
Drug overdose deaths	18.8 /100k2020	12.8 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−32%	Improved	58%
Effective property tax rate	1.17%2015-2019	0.98%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	73%
Firearm deaths	12.3 /100k2020	14.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+16%	Declined	29%
Grocery stores	1.6 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	+23%	Improved	91%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.6 /10k2020	0.6 /10k2025	−1.9%	Little change	35%
High school diploma or higher	89.6%2015-2019	90.4%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	58%
Income adjusted for local prices	$41,9772019	$53,7332024	+28%	Improved	22%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4372015-2019	0.4362020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	58%
Median household income	$47,1932015-2019	$62,0152020-2024	+31%	Improved	72%
New business applications	7.3 /1k2020	10.5 /1k2025	+43%	Improved	46%
Pharmacies	1.4 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−16%	Declined	30%
Poverty rate	14.2%2015-2019	13.1%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Property crime rate	1,455 /100k2020	934 /100k2025	−36%	Improved	55%
Public libraries	1.4 /10k2019	1.4 /10k2024	−1.6%	Little change	51%
Public transit commuters	0.4%2015-2019	0.5%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Rent as share of income	28.7%2015-2019	30.7%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Rent-burdened households	45.9%2015-2019	51.7%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Restaurants and bars	9.4 /10k2020	11.7 /10k2025	+24%	Improved	95%
Suicide rate	18.3 /100k2020	25.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+39%	Declined	11%
Traffic deaths	19.1 /100k2015-2019	15.0 /100k2020-2024	−21%	Improved	89%
Unemployment rate	10.0%2020	6.0%2025	−4 points	Improved	79%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.0%2015-2019	9.1%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Violent crime rate	247 /100k2020	340 /100k2025	+38%	Declined	7%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Cadillac, MI micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cadillac, MI micropolitan area 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, Cadillac, MI micropolitan area itself moved −1.7 points in standing on average over the same 29 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

49,284 residents

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

19,605 households (±355)

Cadillac, MI micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k18%3,472
$25k–50k23%4,480
$50k–75k18%3,465

Homes

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

Owners and renters

19,605 households (±355)

Cadillac, MI micropolitan area
United States share

Own82%16,094
Rent18%3,511

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+4.2 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

20,664 workers (±439)

Cadillac, MI micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone78%16,130
Carpool11%2,276
Public transit0.5%†99

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes no occupation wages for Cadillac, MI micropolitan area.

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.

Cadillac, MI has 1,218 employer establishments, 246 for every 10,000 residents (0.99× the US rate of 248), with 16,033 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,250. The Census Bureau also counts 3,576 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,218; 3,576 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 246; US 248
Paid employees: 16,033
Average annual pay: $45,250; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	82	16.5	0.90×About typical	1,210	$19,730	13
Ambulatory health care services	75	15.1	0.73×Fewer than typical	748	$56,548	118
Specialty trade contractors	67	13.5	0.87×About typical	257	$62,572	397
Construction of buildings	52	10.5	1.39×More than typical	126	$48,794	201
Truck transportation	47	9.5	1.88×More than typical	395	$59,772	92
Automotive repair and maintenance	41	8.3	1.64×More than typical	233	$44,193	66
Full-service restaurants	36	7.3	0.95×About typical	567	$18,457	—
Lessors of real estate	34	6.9	0.56×Fewer than typical	84	$47,024	330
Limited-service restaurants	34	6.9	0.86×About typical	534	$21,764	7
Religious organizations	32	6.5	1.16×About typical	165	$20,642	—
Offices of other health practitioners	31	6.3	1.03×About typical	171	$47,304	62
Services to buildings and dwellings	27	5.4	0.81×About typical	143	$25,895	277

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 49,549 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $109.3M on contracts performed in Cadillac, MI micropolitan area: $2,198 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $109.3M; +31% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,198; US $1,994
Sole-source: 71%; US 30%
Single offer: 2.0%; 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

Department of the Air Force$76.7M70%
Department of the Army$14.5M13%
Defense Logistics Agency$11.6M11%
Department of the Navy$4.1M3.8%
Federal Acquisition Service$1.6M1.5%
Departmental Offices$525.8K0.5%
Forest Service$232.5K0.2%
U.S. Special Operations Command$150K0.1%

Top recipients

AAR MANUFACTURING, INC.$87.2M80%
AVON PROTECTION SYSTEMS INCORPORATED$17.1M16%
BROOKS & PERKINS, INC.$4.1M3.8%
BAMAJACK, LLC$579.5K0.5%
GEROU EXCAVATING INC$233.5K0.2%

Spending by fiscal year

103.9MFY2017
130.9MFY2018
124MFY2019
147.9MFY2020
108.1MFY2021
110.9MFY2022
68.5MFY2023
72.6M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other wood product manufacturing · 3219$41.8M38%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$34.7M32%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$15.8M14%
Boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturing · 3324$13M12%
Architectural and structural metals manufacturing · 3323$1.4M1.3%
Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing · 3159$1.3M

Largest awards

463L CARGO PALLETS REPAIR$23.2M
AAR MANUFACTURING, INC.· Wexford County, MI· Equipment maintenance· Mar 6, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· FA853426F0028
463L CARGO PALLET PRODUCTION AND REPAIR$22.6M
AAR MANUFACTURING, INC.· Wexford County, MI· Equipment maintenance· Nov 22, 2024 – Mar 10, 2026· FA853425F0011
PRODUCTION OF THE 463 LEGACY AIR CARGO PALLETS$21.4M
AAR MANUFACTURING, INC.· Wexford County, MI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 8, 2026 – Jun 8, 2026· FA853426F0057
463L CARGO PALLETS REPAIR$18.8M

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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $353.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Cadillac, MI micropolitan area: $7,114 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $353.7M; −7.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,114; US $12,955
Loan face value: $7.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$230.4M65%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$37.7M11%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$32.6M9.2%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$21.2M6.0%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$10.1M2.9%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$3.8M1.1%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$3.6M1.0%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$3.1M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

TRANSPORTATION, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF$11.1M3.1%
LANSING, MI
CADILLAC HARBOR VIEW LIMITED DIVIDEND HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED$730.6K0.2%
CADILLAC, MI
FHC ONE LIMITED DIVIDEND HOUSING$702.4K0.2%
CADILLAC, MI
AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE CO$489.9K0.1%
LANSING, MI
CADILLAC HOUSING COMMISSION

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$299.4M85%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$37M10%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$11.1M3.1%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner$1.4M0.4%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Rural Housing Service

Assistance by fiscal year

289.8MFY2021
298.2MFY2022
332.6MFY2023
982.1MFY2024
381.5MFY2025
353.7MFY2026

County aggregates

95%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Cadillac, MI

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

CadillacPrincipal city10,445

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Michigan

Areas based in Michigan, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Traverse City, MI93

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved14

Declined6

Metro and micro areas like Cadillac, MI micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Cadillac, MI

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Michigan

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved14

Declined6

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought