Scores by category

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

Safety81#177/924
Economy46#497/925
Housing20#737/925
Health68#298/925
Healthcare99#6/923
Environment78#203/917
Education94#52/925
Infrastructure37#580/925
Community98#21/925
Leisure & amenities94#60/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Median Air Quality Index · low19
98/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low4.3%
97/100Michigan 6.2%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
High school diploma or higher · high95.7%
97/100Michigan 92.1%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Primary care physicians · high123 /100k
97/100Michigan 81 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Hot days · low1 days
96/100Michigan 5 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Traffic deaths · low7.2 /100k
95/100Michigan 11.0 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low20.0%
0/100Michigan 23.1%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Distance to an Amtrak station · high225 mi
2/100Michigan 25 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Distance to an airport · high162 mi
3/100Michigan 44 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Days with unhealthy air · high4.2%
6/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Unemployment rate · high5.8%
7/100Michigan 5.2%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Depression · high28.6%
9/100Michigan 26.5%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Child care cost burdenImproving
55.7% (2020 & 2021) → 26.5% (2023 & 2024)
−29 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
69.6% (2010 & 2021) → 84.7% (2022 & 2024)
+15 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
New business applicationsImproving
5.5 /1k (2020) → 8.5 /1k (2025)
+53%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Property crime rateImproving
843 /100k (2020) → 476 /100k (2025)
−44%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Firearm deathsWorsening
12.7 /100k (2021) → 17.9 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+41%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
2.6 /100k (2021) → 1.7 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−35%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /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, Marquette, MI micropolitan area improved on 15 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 8 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.

Improved15

Arts & recreation+26%5.7 /10k → 7.2 /10k
Child poverty−5.3 points16.7% → 11.3%
Gyms+22%1.2 /10k → 1.5 /10k
Airport−83 mi245 mi → 162 mi
Traffic deaths−8.2%7.8 /100k → 7.2 /100k

Declined4

Firearm deaths+103%8.8 /100k → 17.9 /100k
Homicides+21%1.4 /100k → 1.7 /100k
Grocery stores−14%2.4 /10k → 2.1 /10k
Price / income+0.5×2.8× → 3.3×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Marquette, MI micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.7 /10k2020	7.2 /10k2025	+26%	Improved	83%
Average commute time	17.9 min2015-2019	18.0 min2020-2024	+0.1 min	Within the margin of error	61%
Average weekly wage	$9062020	$1,1012025	+22%	Improved	34%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%2015-2019	36.8%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Improved	75%
Broadband subscriptions	80.4%2015-2019	84.8%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Improved	6%
Child poverty rate	16.7%2015-2019	11.3%2020-2024	−5.3 points	Improved	79%
Distance to an airport	245 mi2020	162 mi2025	−83 mi	Improved	100%
Drug overdose deaths	15.1 /100k2020	11.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−21%	Improved	46%
Effective property tax rate	1.21%2015-2019	0.99%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	79%
Firearm deaths	8.8 /100k2020	17.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+103%	Declined	2%
Grocery stores	2.4 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	−14%	Declined	17%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.2 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+22%	Improved	73%
High school diploma or higher	95.0%2015-2019	95.7%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	47%
Homicide rate	1.4 /100k2020	1.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+21%	Declined	11%
Income adjusted for local prices	$45,2582019	$58,2762024	+29%	Improved	27%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4282015-2019	0.4282020-2024	−0.000	Within the margin of error	56%
Median household income	$53,9702015-2019	$65,4292020-2024	+21%	Improved	19%
New business applications	5.5 /1k2020	8.5 /1k2025	+53%	Improved	60%
Pharmacies	2.3 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	+4.3%	Little change	83%
Poverty rate	15.6%2015-2019	14.0%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Property crime rate	843 /100k2020	476 /100k2025	−44%	Improved	72%
Public libraries	0.9 /10k2019	0.9 /10k2024	−1.7%	Little change	51%
Public transit commuters	0.4%2015-2019	0.3%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Rent as share of income	29.7%2015-2019	31.7%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Rent-burdened households	49.1%2015-2019	53.6%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Restaurants and bars	12.3 /10k2020	11.9 /10k2025	−3.4%	Little change	30%
Traffic deaths	7.8 /100k2015-2019	7.2 /100k2020-2024	−8.2%	Improved	76%
Unemployment rate	8.5%2020	5.8%2025	−2.7 points	Improved	42%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.0%2015-2019	4.3%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Violent crime rate	334 /100k2020	234 /100k2025	−30%	Improved	75%

“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 Marquette, MI micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Marquette, 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, Marquette, MI micropolitan area itself moved −3.7 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

67,112 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

28,255 households (±346)

Marquette, MI micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k18%4,992
$25k–50k20%5,769
$50k–75k18%5,125

Homes

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

Owners and renters

28,255 households (±346)

Marquette, MI micropolitan area
United States share

Own70%19,679
Rent30%8,576

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

31,471 workers (±609)

Marquette, MI micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone77%24,297
Carpool8.8%2,762
Public transit0.3%†98

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 Marquette, 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.

Marquette, MI has 1,655 employer establishments, 245 for every 10,000 residents (0.99× the US rate of 248), with 21,827 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,391. The Census Bureau also counts 4,109 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,655; 4,109 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 245; US 248
Paid employees: 21,827
Average annual pay: $49,391; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	139	20.6	0.99×About typical	2,154	$72,272	238
Restaurants and other eating places	122	18.1	0.98×About typical	2,324	$21,652	4
Specialty trade contractors	96	14.2	0.92×About typical	663	$71,579	250
Construction of buildings	81	12	1.59×More than typical	473	$52,932	116
Religious organizations	59	8.7	1.57×More than typical	341	$21,370	—
Full-service restaurants	57	8.4	1.10×About typical	1,091	$23,478	—
Offices of other health practitioners	53	7.8	1.29×More than typical	279	$49,556	152
Lessors of real estate	48	7.1	0.58×Fewer than typical	222	$42,586	452
Limited-service restaurants	46	6.8	0.85×About typical	1,078	$19,434	3
Automotive repair and maintenance	39	5.8	1.15×About typical	208	$54,514	32
Services to buildings and dwellings	34	5	0.75×Fewer than typical	159	$31,931	234
Building equipment contractors	33	4.9	0.81×About typical	298	$68,789	30

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 67,556 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 $895.9K on contracts performed in Marquette, MI micropolitan area: $13.16 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $895.9K; −92% vs FY2025
Per resident: $13.16; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.9%; 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

Forest Service$636.1K71%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$158K

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 $586.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Marquette, MI micropolitan area: $8,620 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $586.7M; −2.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,620; US $12,955
Loan face value: $11.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$306.9M52%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$59.2M10%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$35.7M6.1%
93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$31.8M5.4%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$26.1M4.4%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$20.3M3.5%
93.770 · Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$18.5M3.2%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$12M2.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

TRANSPORTATION, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF$15.1M2.6%
LANSING, MI
NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY$14.2M2.4%
MARQUETTE, MI
SAULT STE MARIE TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS$13.2M2.2%
SAULT SAINTE MARIE, MI
COUNTY OF MARQUETTE$6M1.0%
GWINN, MI
UPPER GREAT LAKES FAMILY HEALTH CENTER

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$376M64%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$70.7M12%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$66.8M11%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$15.1M2.6%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

537.6MFY2021
533.4MFY2022
639.1MFY2023
572.5MFY2024
601.6MFY2025
586.7MFY2026

County aggregates

89%

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 Marquette, 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.

Marquette CountyCentral county8268,064

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

MarquettePrincipal city21,325

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.

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

JSON · /api/v1/places/M32100

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved15

Declined4

Metro and micro areas like Marquette, 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

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Marquette, 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

Improved15

Declined4

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

Top buying agencies

By type

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

What was bought

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards