Scores by category

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

Safety24#2,366/3,096
Economy31#2,162/3,143
Housing16#2,628/3,140
Health33#2,092/3,144
Healthcare77#726/3,143
Environment53#1,452/3,108
Education29#2,237/3,144
Infrastructure67#1,026/3,144
Community63#1,149/3,144
Leisure & amenities39#1,930/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Natural hazard risk · low2.3
98/100Michigan 10.32025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low5.8%
92/100Michigan 6.2%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Dental care shortage · low0.0
88/100Michigan 6.3United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Access to exercise opportunities · high88.2%
87/100Michigan 85.7%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Hot days · low5 days
85/100Michigan 5 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Dentists · high72 /100k
81/100Michigan 82 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

High ozone days · high9 days
2/100Michigan 3 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Time spent in the emergency room · high220 min
5/100Michigan 163 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Adult obesity · high44.2%
5/100Michigan 38.3%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Unemployment rate · high5.7%
9/100Michigan 5.2%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Grocery stores · low0.8 /10k
11/100Michigan 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Depression · high28.5%
12/100Michigan 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.

Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
67.5% (2010 & 2021) → 88.2% (2022 & 2024)
+21 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Child care cost burdenImproving
37.0% (2020 & 2021) → 23.5% (2023 & 2024)
−14 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
22.2% (Dec 2021) → 32.9% (Aug 2026)
+11 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
51.0% (2019) → 41.0% (2023)
−10 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.9% (2015-2019) → 88.8% (2020-2024)
+9.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
35.9 /100k (2021) → 22.7 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−37%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, Muskegon County, Michigan improved on 10 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 17 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

Unemployment−5.7 points11.4% → 5.7%
Weekly wage+27%$888 → $1,130
Students / teacher−1.2×17.8× → 16.6×
Uninsured−1.1 points6.9% → 5.8%
Real income+32%$42,007 → $55,430

Declined3

Child poverty+6.7 points17.3% → 24.0%
Poverty+3.3 points13.5% → 16.8%
Price / income+0.7×2.3× → 3.0×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Muskegon County, Michigan between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.2 /10k2020	3.7 /10k2025	+14%	Within the margin of error	64%
Average commute time	21.7 min2015-2019	21.6 min2020-2024	−0.1 min	Within the margin of error	61%
Average weekly wage	$8882020	$1,1302025	+27%	Improved	71%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%2015-2019	21.3%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Improved	31%
Broadband subscriptions	78.9%2015-2019	88.8%2020-2024	+9.9 points	Improved	49%
Child poverty rate	17.3%2019	24.0%2024	+6.7 points	Declined	1%
Distance to an airport	43 mi2020	43 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	29.8 /100k2020	22.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−24%	Within the margin of error	47%
Effective property tax rate	1.36%2015-2019	1.10%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	85%
Firearm deaths	12.6 /100k2020	14.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+17%	Within the margin of error	26%
Grocery stores	0.7 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	+5.8%	Within the margin of error	73%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.3 /10k2020	0.4 /10k2025	+31%	Within the margin of error	78%
High school diploma or higher	91.3%2015-2019	92.1%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	20%
Homicide rate	8.6 /100k2020	7.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−8.1%	Within the margin of error	28%
Income adjusted for local prices	$42,0072019	$55,4302024	+32%	Improved	52%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4392015-2019	0.4302020-2024	−0.009	Within the margin of error	69%
Median household income	$50,7302019	$61,5982024	+21%	Improved	31%
New business applications	8.0 /1k2020	9.8 /1k2025	+24%	Improved	26%
Pharmacies	1.4 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−14%	Within the margin of error	34%
Poverty rate	13.5%2019	16.8%2024	+3.3 points	Declined	2%
Property crime rate	2,116 /100k2020	1,529 /100k2025	−28%	Improved	36%
Public libraries	0.7 /10k2019	0.8 /10k2024	+13%	Within the margin of error	93%
Rent as share of income	30.8%2015-2019	31.7%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Rent-burdened households	51.3%2015-2019	52.5%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Restaurants and bars	7.9 /10k2020	8.8 /10k2025	+11%	Within the margin of error	74%
Students per teacher	17.8×2019	16.6×2024	−1.2×	Improved	69%
Suicide rate	17.2 /100k2020	17.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−1.2%	Within the margin of error	60%
Traffic deaths	11.5 /100k2015-2019	11.7 /100k2020-2024	+1.6%	Within the margin of error	53%
Unemployment rate	11.4%2020	5.7%2025	−5.7 points	Improved	97%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.9%2019	5.8%2024	−1.1 points	Improved	52%
Violent crime rate	427 /100k2020	404 /100k2025	−5.3%	Within the margin of error	38%

“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 Muskegon County, Michigan five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Muskegon 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, Muskegon County, Michigan itself moved −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

175,961 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

67,732 households (±648)

Muskegon County, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $25k17%11,582
$25k–50k21%13,976
$50k–75k19%12,796

Homes

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

Owners and renters

67,732 households (±648)

Muskegon County, Michigan
Michigan share

Own78%52,871
Rent22%14,861

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+3.3 points).

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

76,661 workers (±1,374)

Muskegon County, Michigan
Michigan share

Drive alone81%62,010
Carpool9.4%7,205
Public transit0.1%†41

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 Muskegon-Norton Shores, 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.

Muskegon County has 3,147 employer establishments, 179 for every 10,000 residents (0.72× the US rate of 248; 0.78× Michigan's), with 51,826 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,802. The Census Bureau also counts 11,153 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,147; 11,153 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 179; US 248 · Michigan 228
Paid employees: 51,826
Average annual pay: $50,802; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	258	14.6	0.80×Fewer than typical	4,760	$22,921	43
Ambulatory health care services	246	14	0.67×Fewer than typical	3,753	$68,842	478
Specialty trade contractors	179	10.2	0.66×Fewer than typical	1,743	$73,367	851
Limited-service restaurants	129	7.3	0.91×About typical	2,333	$21,351	13
Religious organizations	119	6.7	1.22×About typical	637	$22,300	—
Full-service restaurants	104	5.9	0.77×Fewer than typical	2,287	$24,331	20
Construction of buildings	99	5.6	0.74×Fewer than typical	461	$59,779	506
Automotive repair and maintenance	83	4.7	0.93×About typical	419	$46,437	147
Building equipment contractors	78	4.4	0.74×Fewer than typical	1,070	$75,530	132
Services to buildings and dwellings	76	4.3	0.64×Fewer than typical	464	$31,834	786
Lessors of real estate	70	4	0.32×Fewer than typical	304	$36,655	1,002
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	67	3.8	2.38×More than typical	2,593	$61,089	41

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 176,299 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 $93.8M on contracts performed in Muskegon County, Michigan: $527 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $93.8M; −70% vs FY2025
Per resident: $527; US $2,007
Sole-source: 93%; US 30%
Single offer: 3.2%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$61.8M66%
Department of the Army$29.2M31%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$1.8M1.9%
Agricultural Marketing Service$477.7K0.5%
Department of the Air Force$156.7K0.2%
Department of the Navy$153.2K0.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs$136.6K0.1%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$90K0.1%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

100.6MFY2017
132.1MFY2018
139.2MFY2019
238.9MFY2020
69.6MFY2021
91MFY2022
182.4MFY2023
188.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing · 3336$57.6M61%
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363$23.2M25%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$6.1M6.5%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$1.9M2.0%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$1.9M2.0%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329

Largest awards

UCA HARDWARE THOR III HMPT XMS AND ANCILLARY HARDWARE$876.3M
RENK AMERICA LLC· Muskegon County, MI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 12, 2020 – May 13, 2026· W56HZV20C0124
ENGINE, DIESEL, NSN: 2815-01-414-6821, MFR PART NUMBER: 12366412 QTY 80 BASE WITH OPTION$57.6M
RENK AMERICA LLC· Muskegon County, MI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 4, 2026 – Mar 26, 2026· SPRDL126C0071
NON-STANDARD VEHICLE SPARE PARTS FOR PISTON ASSEMBLIES IN SUPPORT OF FOREIGN MILITARY SALES CASE IS-B-BTX.$16.6M
RENK AMERICA LLC· Muskegon County, MI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 10, 2025 – Feb 16, 2026· W91CRB25F0106
SYSTEM TECHNICAL SUPPORT (STS) SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF BRADLEY FIGHTING VEHICLE SYSTEM (BFVS), ARMORED MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLE (AMPV), MULTIPLE LAUNCH ROCKET SYSTEM (MLRS), AND PALADIN INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT (PIM) PROGRAMS FOR THE THOR HMPT TRANSMISSION.

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.

Explore contracts in Muskegon County, Michigan

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 $1.2B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Muskegon County, Michigan: $6,810 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.2B; −9.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,810; US $12,975
Loan face value: $41.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$760.3M63%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$136.5M11%

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 Muskegon 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.

Muskegon County, Michigan
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Muskegon County, Michigan and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Muskegon County, Michigan	United States
FY2017	$579	$1,436
FY2018	$760	$1,552
FY2019	$802	$1,654
FY2020	$1,367	$1,880
FY2021	$396	$1,810
FY2022	$519	$1,917
FY2023	$1,034	$2,079
FY2024	$1,065	$2,047
FY2025	$1,764	$2,165
FY2026	$527 (partial year)	$1,925
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Muskegon County, Michigan and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Muskegon County, Michigan	United States
FY2017	$3.89	$93.28
FY2018	$3.42	$105
FY2019	$10.61	$128
FY2020	$5.81	$145
FY2021	$0.56	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Muskegon County, Michigan and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Muskegon County, Michigan	United States
FY2021	$692	$5,748
FY2022	$2,563	$5,221
FY2023	-$309	$5,364
FY2024	$1,387	$5,501
FY2025	$2,446	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Muskegon County, Michigan and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Muskegon County, Michigan	United States
FY2021	$32.86	$298
FY2022	$69.25	$357
FY2023	$110	$301
FY2024	$244	$319
FY2025	$33.75	$360
FY2026	$113

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Muskegon County, Michigan and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Muskegon County, Michigan	United States
FY2021	$78.35	$239
FY2022	$90.68	$185
FY2023	$85.85	$229
FY2024	$89.92	$229
FY2025	$93.31	$249
FY2026	$63.40

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Muskegon County, Michigan and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Muskegon County, Michigan	United States
FY2021	$104	$2,304
FY2022	$43.26	$2,197
FY2023	$34.15	$2,274
FY2024	$20.93	$2,267
FY2025	$31.97	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Muskegon County, Michigan and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Muskegon County, Michigan	United States
FY2021	$836	$1,186
FY2022	$184	$465
FY2023	$53.25	$76.52
FY2024	$74.14	$120
FY2025	$55.89	$148
FY2026	$51.72

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.

Muskegon County, Michigan
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Muskegon County, Michigan and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Muskegon County, Michigan	United States
2014	2.3%

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.

Jumps not compared

FY2022, Contracts and grants: one recipient accounted for most of the increase.

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/26121

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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.

Muskegon County, Michigan is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Metro area

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

Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI39Central county

Cities and towns in Muskegon County

Places whose residents live mostly in Muskegon 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
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
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/26121

Calendar years	Muskegon County, Michigan	United States
2014	−3.3%	−4.2%
2015	−1.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.0%	+3.3%
2018	+5.1%	+6.8%
2019	+6.7%	+10.5%
2020	+13.0%	+19.4%
2021	+16.9%	+26.1%
2022	+21.0%	+30.6%
2023	+25.4%	+35.0%
2024	+30.2%	+41.0%
2025	+43.8%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Muskegon County, Michigan	United States
2014	−5.9%	−5.5%
2015	−1.7%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.8%	+4.1%
2018	+6.4%	+8.9%
2019	+11.0%	+13.5%
2020	+25.5%	+20.8%
2021	+31.9%	+32.1%
2022	+34.3%	+35.4%
2023	+39.5%	+42.9%
2024	+45.1%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Muskegon County, Michigan	United States
2014	1.1/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.3/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.3/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.0/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.5/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.9/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.8/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.4/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.5/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Muskegon County, Michigan	United States
2014	−4.2%	−6.9%
2015	+5.0%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+9.9%	+4.7%
2018	+12.3%	+7.5%
2019	+14.1%	+14.0%
2020	+31.4%	+16.9%
2021	+24.6%	+21.0%
2022	+31.1%	+29.7%
2023	+37.7%	+34.9%
2024	+38.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Muskegon County, Michigan	United States
2014	20.0%	15.5%
2015	16.1%	14.7%
2016	18.8%	14.0%
2017	15.2%	13.4%
2018	15.7%	13.1%
2019	13.5%	12.3%
2020	12.3%	11.9%
2021	14.4%	12.8%
2022	14.5%	12.6%
2023	14.0%	12.5%
2024	16.8%	12.1%

Calendar years	Muskegon County, Michigan	United States
2014	7.7%	6.2%
2015	5.8%	5.3%
2016	5.2%	4.9%
2017	5.0%	4.4%
2018	4.4%	3.9%
2019	4.1%	3.7%
2020	11.4%	8.1%
2021	6.8%	5.4%
2022	4.7%	3.7%
2023	4.3%	3.6%
2024	5.1%	4.0%
2025	5.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	Muskegon County, Michigan	United States
2014	−17.1% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−9.8% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+11.4% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+21.0% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+33.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+50.7% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+74.0% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+91.4% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+97.2% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+107.6% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+114.9% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Muskegon County, Michigan	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	—	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	—	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	—	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	— (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	— (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	— (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Muskegon County, Michigan	United States
2014	10.2%	13.5%
2015	7.1%	10.9%
2016	6.1%	10.0%
2017	5.5%	10.2%
2018	6.0%	10.4%
2019	6.9%	10.8%
2020	5.9%	10.4%
2021	5.7%	10.2%
2022	5.1%	9.5%
2023	5.4%	9.5%
2024	5.8%	9.8%

Calendar years	Muskegon County, Michigan	United States
2014	4.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.6/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.5/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.1/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.7/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.7/1k	10.6/1k
2020	8.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	10.5/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.7/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.4/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.4/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.8/1k	16.6/1k

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