Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety66#1,050/3,096
Economy38#1,947/3,143
Housing59#1,281/3,140
Health40#1,880/3,144
Healthcare42#1,810/3,143
Environment35#2,015/3,108
Education26#2,324/3,144
Infrastructure43#1,791/3,144
Community64#1,141/3,144
Leisure & amenities32#2,139/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Hillsdale County, Michigan ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Natural hazard risk · low8.5
91/100Michigan 10.32025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Job growth · high2.9%
87/100Michigan 0.3%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Hot days · low6 days
85/100Michigan 5 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Child care cost burden · low22.1%
82/100Michigan 25.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Mental health care shortage · low12.0
79/100Michigan 9.1United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Distance to an Amtrak station · low21 mi
77/100Michigan 25 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau

Weaknesses

Depression · high31.0%
5/100Michigan 26.5%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Pharmacies · low0.4 /10k
12/100Michigan 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Unemployment rate · high5.4%
13/100Michigan 5.2%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high8.7 µg/m³
13/100Michigan 8.6 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Frequent mental distress · high20.7%
14/100Michigan 20.0%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Income adjusted for local prices · low$52,631
14/100Michigan $66,194United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

Trends

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

Homicide rateImproving
3.7 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
PharmaciesWorsening
1.7 /10k (2020) → 0.4 /10k (2025)
−75%5 yearsUS 1.9 /10k → 1.8 /10k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
73.8% (2015-2019) → 85.9% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New homes permittedImproving
1.5 /1k (2021) → 2.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+59%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
51.2% (2010 & 2021) → 60.9% (2022 & 2024)
+9.7 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Violent crime rateImproving
424 /100k (2020) → 220 /100k (2025)
−48%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /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, Hillsdale County, Michigan improved on 10 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 16 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved10

Students / teacher−2.2×16.9× → 14.8×
Household income+32%$50,015 → $66,118
Unemployment−4 points9.4% → 5.4%
Violent crime−48%424 /100k → 220 /100k
Bachelor's++3.8 points17.3% → 21.2%

Declined4

Pharmacies−75%1.7 /10k → 0.4 /10k
Suicides+94%15.8 /100k → 30.7 /100k
Firearm deaths+114%12.3 /100k → 26.3 /100k
Price / income+0.3×2.4× → 2.7×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Hillsdale County, Michigan between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.2 /10k2020	2.6 /10k2025	+20%	Within the margin of error	72%
Average commute time	25.3 min2015-2019	24.0 min2020-2024	−1.3 min	Within the margin of error	81%
Average weekly wage	$8872020	$1,0352025	+17%	Improved	10%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%2015-2019	21.2%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Improved	69%
Broadband subscriptions	73.8%2015-2019	85.9%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	66%
Child poverty rate	23.6%2019	18.3%2024	−5.3 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Distance to an airport	65 mi2020	67 mi2025	+3 mi	Little change	2%
Drug overdose deaths	16.9 /100k2020	13.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−19%	Within the margin of error	42%
Effective property tax rate	1.08%2015-2019	0.91%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	68%
Firearm deaths	12.3 /100k2020	26.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+114%	Declined	1%
Grocery stores	1.1 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+0%	Within the margin of error	54%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.4 /10k2020	0.4 /10k2025	+0%	Within the margin of error	47%
High school diploma or higher	88.2%2015-2019	91.1%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	58%
Homicide rate	3.4 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−100%	Within the margin of error	92%
Income adjusted for local prices	$40,2732019	$52,6312024	+31%	Improved	43%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4342015-2019	0.4312020-2024	−0.003	Within the margin of error	61%
Median household income	$50,0152019	$66,1182024	+32%	Improved	82%
New business applications	5.9 /1k2020	8.4 /1k2025	+41%	Improved	46%
Pharmacies	1.7 /10k2020	0.4 /10k2025	−75%	Declined	3%
Poverty rate	15.3%2019	12.8%2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Property crime rate	1,123 /100k2020	640 /100k2025	−43%	Improved	63%
Public libraries	2.0 /10k2019	2.0 /10k2024	−0.3%	Within the margin of error	55%
Rent as share of income	26.9%2015-2019	27.3%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Rent-burdened households	42.2%2015-2019	40.8%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Restaurants and bars	7.7 /10k2020	8.5 /10k2025	+11%	Within the margin of error	75%
Students per teacher	16.9×2019	14.8×2024	−2.2×	Improved	89%
Suicide rate	15.8 /100k2020	30.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+94%	Declined	2%
Traffic deaths	13.1 /100k2015-2019	13.1 /100k2020-2024	+0.1%	Within the margin of error	56%
Unemployment rate	9.4%2020	5.4%2025	−4 points	Improved	83%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.1%2019	7.3%2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Violent crime rate	424 /100k2020	220 /100k2025	−48%	Improved	86%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties 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; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Hillsdale County, Michigan five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hillsdale County, 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, Hillsdale County, Michigan itself moved +0.2 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

45,654 residents

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: 60–69 women (+1.0 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

45,654 residents

Hillsdale County, Michigan
Michigan share

White92%42,051
Black0.7%313
Hispanic or Latino2.8%1,283

Education

31,627 residents (±63)

Hillsdale County, Michigan
Michigan share

No high school diploma8.9%2,816
High school or GED40%12,743
Some college21%6,555

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

17,860 households (±312)

Hillsdale County, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $25k16%2,875
$25k–50k23%4,035
$50k–75k20%3,555
$75k–100k14%2,491
$100k–150k16%2,835
$150k–200k6.2%1,099
$200k or more5.4%970

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−7.7 points).

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

17,860 households (±312)

Hillsdale County, Michigan
Michigan share

Own82%14,647
Rent18%3,213

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+5.5 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

2,780 households (±237)

Hillsdale County, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $75041%1,132
$750–1,00033%908
$1,000–1,50020%562

Home values

14,647 homes (±330)

Hillsdale County, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $150k39%5,683
$150k–250k31%4,484
$250k–400k19%2,822

Age of homes

21,515 homes (±87)

Hillsdale County, Michigan
Michigan share

2010 or later4.4%949
2000–20099.6%2,063
1980–199924%5,079

Size of homes

21,515 homes (±87)

Hillsdale County, Michigan
Michigan share

Studio1.3%†279
1 bedroom6.3%1,355
2 bedrooms25%5,428

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

19,811 workers (±424)

Hillsdale County, Michigan
Michigan share

Drive alone77%15,209
Carpool9.0%1,786
Public transit0.2%†37
Walk4.4%874
Bike0.6%†126
Work from home8.1%1,610
Other0.9%†169

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−3.6 points).

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

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

Time to get to work

18,201 workers (±443)

Hillsdale County, Michigan
Michigan share

Under 15 min37%6,654
15–29 min31%5,607
30–44 min19%3,536

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

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 pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Hillsdale, MI

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.

Hillsdale County has 776 employer establishments, 170 for every 10,000 residents (0.68× the US rate of 248; 0.75× Michigan's), with 10,861 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,995. The Census Bureau also counts 3,093 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 776; 3,093 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 170; US 248 · Michigan 228
Paid employees: 10,861
Average annual pay: $48,995; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	55	12.1	0.78×Fewer than typical	165	$53,630	296
Ambulatory health care services	53	11.6	0.56×Fewer than typical	404	$52,775	125
Restaurants and other eating places	51	11.2	0.61×Fewer than typical	768	$17,176	4
Religious organizations	37	8.1	1.46×More than typical	200	$26,440	—
Construction of buildings	25	5.5	0.72×Fewer than typical	179	$50,268	209
Lessors of real estate	24	5.3	0.43×Fewer than typical	54	$37,130	264
Limited-service restaurants	24	5.3	0.66×Fewer than typical	446	$16,543	—
Building equipment contractors	23	5	0.84×About typical	94	$52,979	46
Truck transportation	23	5	1.00×About typical	68	$62,118	93
Full-service restaurants	22	4.8	0.63×Fewer than typical	307	$17,805	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	20	4.4	0.65×Fewer than typical	74	$46,608	215
Offices of other health practitioners	19	4.2	0.69×Fewer than typical	93	$46,570	68

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 45,643 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $22M on contracts performed in Hillsdale County, Michigan: $482 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $22M; +5,857% vs FY2025
Per resident: $482; US $2,007
Sole-source: 81%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.7%

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

Top buying agencies

U.S. Coast Guard$22M100%

Top recipients

DETYENS SHIPYARDS INC$17.9M81%
JAG INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC$4.2M19%

Spending by fiscal year

125.8KFY2017
471KFY2018
192.9KFY2019
181KFY2020
160KFY2021
154.7KFY2022
-227.2KFY2023
64KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Ship and boat building · 3366$22M100%

Largest awards

THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS TO EFFECTUATE DRYDOCK REPAIRS FOR THE USCGC JAMES.$17.9M
DETYENS SHIPYARDS INC· Hillsdale County, MI· Equipment maintenance· Sep 1, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026· 70Z08526FLREP0109
THIS AWARD IS FOR THE DOCKSIDE REPAIRS TO THE USCGC CALHOUN IN NORTH CHARLESTON, SC. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS 02 SEP 2026 TO 21 NOV 2026.$2.4M
JAG INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC· Hillsdale County, MI· Equipment maintenance· Jul 10, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026· 70Z08526PLREP0193
THIS IS THE DELIVERY ORDER ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONTRACT FOR SHIP REPAIR, 70Z08526DLREP0001. THE DOCKSIDE REPAIRS TO THE CGC STONE TO BE PERFORMED AT THE DOCK IN CHARLESTON, SC.$1.1M
JAG INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC· Hillsdale County, MI· Equipment maintenance· Nov 19, 2025 – Jan 22, 2026· 70Z08526FLREP0006

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

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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 $302.2M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Hillsdale County, Michigan: $6,608 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $302.2M; −5.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,608; US $12,975
Loan face value: $7.6M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.7%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$203.6M67%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$30.5M10%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$19.9M6.6%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$19.1M6.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$8.9M2.9%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$4M1.3%
10.990 · Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$3.2M1.0%
66.469 · Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative$2.4M0.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

TRANSPORTATION, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF$2.6M0.8%
LANSING, MI
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, GREAT LAKES, AND ENERGY$2.4M0.8%
LANSING, MI
HILLSDALE GARDENS LDHA LP$726.4K0.2%
HILLSDALE, MI
MICHIGAN RURAL HOUSING LP$394.2K0.1%
JONESVILLE, MI
HILLSDALE-OTSEGO

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$262.1M87%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$22.6M7.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$7.3M2.4%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Highway Administration$2.6M0.8%
Department of Transportation
Environmental Protection Agency$2.4M

Assistance by fiscal year

259.7MFY2021
268.6MFY2022
276.1MFY2023
284.4MFY2024
320.6MFY2025
302.2MFY2026

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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Hillsdale County, Michigan compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Hillsdale County, Michigan
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hillsdale County, Michigan and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hillsdale County, Michigan	United States
FY2017	$2.75	$1,436
FY2018	$10.31	$1,552
FY2019	$4.24	$1,654
FY2020	$3.96	$1,880
FY2021	$3.51	$1,810
FY2022	$3.38	$1,917
FY2023	-$4.98	$2,079
FY2024	$1.40	$2,047
FY2025	$8.09	$2,165
FY2026	$482 (partial year)	$1,925
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hillsdale County, Michigan and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hillsdale County, Michigan	United States
FY2021	$104	$5,748
FY2022	$185	$5,221
FY2023	$132	$5,364
FY2024	$74.61	$5,501
FY2025	$195	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hillsdale County, Michigan and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hillsdale County, Michigan	United States
FY2021	$74.04	$298
FY2022	$60.56	$357
FY2023	$113	$301
FY2024	$53.38	$319
FY2025	$105	$360
FY2026	$55.95

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hillsdale County, Michigan and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hillsdale County, Michigan	United States
FY2021	$54.45	$239
FY2022	$59.60	$185
FY2023	$58.87	$229
FY2024	$60.52	$229
FY2025	$77.45	$249
FY2026	$63.68

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hillsdale County, Michigan and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hillsdale County, Michigan	United States
FY2021	$3.26	$2,304
FY2022	$0	$2,197
FY2023	$4.30	$2,274
FY2024	$0	$2,267
FY2025	$0	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hillsdale County, Michigan and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hillsdale County, Michigan	United States
FY2021	$656	$1,186
FY2022	$127	$465
FY2023	-$7.95	$76.52
FY2024	$48.82	$120
FY2025	$12.64	$148
FY2026	$0

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Hillsdale County, Michigan
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Hillsdale County, Michigan and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Hillsdale County, Michigan	United States
2014	−1.6%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/26059

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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.

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

House

Tim WalbergR-MI-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 0.9%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Hillsdale County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Hillsdale, MI30Central county

Cities and towns in Hillsdale County

Places whose residents live mostly in Hillsdale County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-09
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
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
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Hillsdale County, Michigan	United States
2014	−2.0%	−4.2%
2015	−0.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.3%	+3.3%
2018	+7.8%	+6.8%
2019	+9.5%	+10.5%
2020	+13.3%	+19.4%
2021	+17.4%	+26.1%
2022	+24.0%	+30.6%
2023	+24.8%	+35.0%
2024	+26.6%	+41.0%
2025	+32.2%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Hillsdale County, Michigan	United States
2014	−7.7%	−5.5%
2015	−3.1%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.5%	+4.1%
2018	+5.9%	+8.9%
2019	+7.6%	+13.5%
2020	+19.6%	+20.8%
2021	+29.6%	+32.1%
2022	+28.8%	+35.4%
2023	+34.4%	+42.9%
2024	+41.1%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Hillsdale County, Michigan	United States
2014	0.7/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.3/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.9/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.7/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.6/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.5/1k	5.2/1k
2022	1.2/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.9/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.6/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Hillsdale County, Michigan	United States
2014	−8.7%	−6.9%
2015	−4.6%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−2.9%	+4.7%
2018	+2.7%	+7.5%
2019	+2.0%	+14.0%
2020	+12.1%	+16.9%
2021	+11.9%	+21.0%
2022	+22.5%	+29.7%
2023	+19.6%	+34.9%
2024	+34.8%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Hillsdale County, Michigan	United States
2014	16.6%	15.5%
2015	16.6%	14.7%
2016	14.5%	14.0%
2017	14.0%	13.4%
2018	13.5%	13.1%
2019	15.3%	12.3%
2020	12.6%	11.9%
2021	14.4%	12.8%
2022	13.9%	12.6%
2023	14.8%	12.5%
2024	12.8%	12.1%

Calendar years	Hillsdale County, Michigan	United States
2014	7.0%	6.2%
2015	5.2%	5.3%
2016	4.9%	4.9%
2017	4.7%	4.4%
2018	4.0%	3.9%
2019	4.2%	3.7%
2020	9.4%	8.1%
2021	5.2%	5.4%
2022	4.4%	3.7%
2023	4.1%	3.6%
2024	4.8%	4.0%
2025	5.4%	4.3%

Calendar years	Hillsdale County, Michigan	United States
2014	−10.0% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−5.6% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+7.2% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+12.8% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+21.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+34.6% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+50.1% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+58.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+58.9% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+65.7% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+76.3% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Hillsdale County, Michigan	United States
2014	11.4%	13.5%
2015	7.9%	10.9%
2016	6.8%	10.0%
2017	7.1%	10.2%
2018	7.6%	10.4%
2019	8.1%	10.8%
2020	7.3%	10.4%
2021	7.6%	10.2%
2022	6.6%	9.5%
2023	6.6%	9.5%
2024	7.3%	9.8%

Calendar years	Hillsdale County, Michigan	United States
2014	4.0/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.1/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.7/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.1/1k	9.8/1k
2018	4.7/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.6/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	7.0/1k	16.2/1k
2022	7.0/1k	15.1/1k
2023	8.0/1k	16.2/1k
2024	7.4/1k	15.4/1k
2025	8.4/1k	16.6/1k

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Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved10

Declined4

Counties like Hillsdale County, Michigan five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to 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

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in Hillsdale County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved10

Declined4

Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

House

Senate

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

What was bought

By type

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped