Leelanau County

Leelanau County is located on the shores of Lake Michigan. Its lakes and miles of scenic rivers provide the county with access to canoeing, boating, and charter fishing. Leelanau County is also home to the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and the miles of unspoiled bluffs known as the Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes which contribute to the natural beauty of the area. The population and labor force of Leelanau County continues to grow. In 1995, the county population increased 11.95% from 1990. In 1997, the total labor force of Leelanau County increased 7% from 1994. In 1997, the Grand Traverse LMA, consisting of Benzie, Kalkaska, Leelanau, and Grand Traverse counties employed 19.1% of the labor force in the Good Producing industry, 68% in the Service Producing industry, and 21.2% in Retail Trade. 

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General Data

DISTANCE	MILES	KM
Chicago	370	595
Cleveland	430	691
Detroit	270	434
Indianapolis	400	643
Lansing	200	321

YEARS	POPULATION
2002	21,561
2003	21,952
2004	22,121
2005	22,157
Source:Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, March 16, 2006

WORKFORCE
LABOR	2006
Total Workforce	11,981
Number Employed	11,413
Number Unemployed	568
Unemployment Rate	4.7
Source:Michigan Employment Service Agency, 2006

CHARACTERISTICS OF LABOR FORCE
LABOR	2000
Workers 16 years and over	9,715
Percentage who work outside of county	47.6%
Percentage who work at home	7.0%
Source:U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing, 2000

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTS
CLASSIFICATION	2000
Persons 25 years of age or older	14,785
Percentage with high school diploma	90.7%
Percentage with bachelor's degree	31.36%
Source:U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing, 2000

TRANSPORTATION
ACCESS TO MARKETS
Main Highways	M-109, M-22, M-204, M-209, M-72, M-201
Bus Lines	None
Truck Lines	0
Rail Lines	Leelanau Transit Co.
Ports	Traverse City (20 mi-Lake Michigan)
Airports	Sugar Loaf Resort Airport
Airlines	American Eagle, Northwest, United Express, Northwest Airlink, Midwest Express
Source: MI State Transportation Commission, 1995

Economy

PERSONAL INCOME (In Thousands of Dollars)
Components by Type	2002	2003	2004	2005
Personal income	647,673	685,719	775,156	804,150
Population (persons)	21,558	21,932	22,069	22,030
Per capita personal income (dollars)	30,043	31,266	35,124	36,502
Farm proprietors' income	-4,774	2,289	2,243	1,483
Nonfarm proprietors' income	43,028	43,474	52,799	56,763
Components by Industry	2002	2003	2004	2005
Farm earnings	3,433	8,690	9,820	7,995
Nonfarm earnings	241,931	246,109	258,227	273,697
Private earnings	159,158	163,542	177,049	190,296
Forestry, fishing, related activities, and other	0	0	0	0
Mining	0	0	0	0
Utilities	644	687	635	659
Construction	37,375	38,719	41,998	43,139
Manufacturing	7,168	7,333	6,381	6,655
Durable goods manufacturing	4,518	4,421	3,107	2,774
Wholesale trade	943	1,122	1,876	2,451
Retail Trade	15,325	15,510	16,891	17,908
Transportation and warehousing	1,582	1,410	1,644	1,808
Information	1,492	1,796	1,888	2,121
Finance and insurance	10,968	11,635	14,068	15,593
Real estate and rental and leasing	15,319	13,840	18,672	21,400
Professional and technical services	14,588	15,149	15,725	19,037
Government and government enterprises	82,773	82,567	81,178	83,401
Federal, civilian	6,991	6,864	7,499	7,725
Military	915	1,318	1,435	1,632
State and local	74,867	74,385	72,244	74,044
Source:Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Department of Commerce, Issued May 2007

EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY (Number of Jobs)
Components by Type	2002	2003	2004	2005
Total employment	9,741	9,682	9,754	10,200
Wage and salary employment	6,721	6,524	6,468	6,751
Proprietors employment	3,020	3,158	3,286	3,449
Farm employment	662	667	674	650
Nonfarm employment	9,079	9,015	9,080	9,550
Components by Industry	2002	2003	2004	2005
Private employment	6,775	6,889	7,103	7,516
Forestry, fishing, related activities, and other	0	0	0	0
Mining	0	0	0	0
Utilities	0	0	0	0
Construction	1,155	1,164	1,198	1,208
Manufacturing	224	246	223	248
Wholesale trade	75	82	117	135
Retail Trade	899	915	951	987
Transportation and warehousing	82	70	68	77
Finance and insurance	304	291	295	314
Real estate and rental and leasing	511	518	578	660
Professional and technical services	451	490	508	585
Government and government enterprises	2,304	2,126	1,977	2,034
Federal, civilian	137	135	124	128
Military	43	43	42	40
State and local	2,124	1,948	1,811	1,866
Source:Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Department of Commerce, Issued May 2007

PRINCIPAL EMPLOYERS
NAICS	COMPANY NAME	LOCATION	EMPLOYEES	PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
921140	Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa	Suttons Bay	1000	Gaming Commission
721120	Grand Traverse Band Economic	Suttons Bay	300	Hotel/Motel Operation Real Estate Agent/Manager
721110	Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa	Suttons Bay	290	Hotel/Motel Operation
622110	Leelanau Memorial Health Ctr	Northport	140	General Hospital Skilled Nursing Care Facility Specialty Hospital
611110	Suttons Bay Public School Dist	Suttons Bay	113	Elementary/Secondary School
236220	Easling Construction Co	Leland	95	General Contractor Commercial Buildings & Single-Family Homes
924120	National Park Service	Empire	81	National Park
611110	Glen Lake Community School	Maple City	80	Elementary/Secondary School
221210	Luminant Energy Co LLC	Traverse City	75	Natural Gas Marketing
445299	Cherry Republic Inc	Glen Arbor	75	Ret Misc Foods
111331	Sunshine Fruit Farms	Northport	75	Deciduous Tree Fruit Farm
722110	Schefko Inc	Traverse City	75	Eating Place
515120	Traverse Barrington City LLC	Traverse City	65	Television Station
721110	Miltz Properties Inc	Leland	60	Resort Hotel
236115	Maurer, Paul W, General Contr	Traverse City	60	Contractor Single-Family Homes & Commercial Buildings
611110	Leland Public Schools	Leland	55	Elementary/Secondary School
312130	Willow Vineyards Inc	Suttons Bay	52	Winery
721214	Camp Leelanau & Kohahna Fndtn	Maple City	50	Sport/Recreation Camp
424420	Leelanau Fruit Co	Suttons Bay	50	Whol Packaged Frozen Goods
922120	County of Leelanau	Leland	50	Police Protection
611110	Suttons Bay Public School Dist	Suttons Bay	50	Elementary/Secondary School
611110	Suttons Bay Public School Dist	Suttons Bay	50	Elementary/Secondary School
722110	Bluebird of Leland Inc	Leland	47	Eating Place Drinking Place
611110	Northport Public School	Northport	45	Elementary/Secondary School
611710	Growth Group Inc	Glen Arbor	44	Business Consulting Services Management Consulting Services
238110	Leelanau Redi-Mix Inc	Maple City	43	Concrete contractor; manufactures ready-mixed concrete; construction sand & gravel mining; manufactures concrete tanks
721110	Bayberry Group Inc	Glen Arbor	40	Hotel/Motel Operation Eating Place Drinking Place Amusement/Recreation Svc
611110	Leelanau Center For Education	Glen Arbor	40	Elementary/Secondary School
541611	So Do It LLC	Traverse City	40	Management Consulting Services
926120	County of Leelanau	Suttons Bay	40	Regulation/Administrative Transportation
238310	Chess Construction Inc	Traverse City	40	Drywall Acoustical Plaster & Stucco Contractor
813110	Roman Catholic Diocese of	Lake Leelanau	35	Religious Organization
623110	Maple Valley Nursing Home Inc	Maple City	35	Nursing/Personal Care
236115	Northern Lumber Co of Suttons	Suttons Bay	35	Single-Family House Construction Ret Lumber/Building Materials
111339	Viscious Apricot Orchard	Suttons Bay	32	Fruit Tree Orchard
236115	Biggs Construction Services	Lake Leelanau	32	Single-Family House Construction
713910	Northport Point Club	Northport	30	Country Club
445110	Hansen Food	Suttons Bay	30	Ret Groceries
236116	Seeco Contracting Corp	Suttons Bay	30	Residential And Light Commercial Construction
722211	Good Harbor Grill	Glen Arbor	30	Eating Place
446130	Bay Eye Assoc P C Inc	Traverse City	30	Ret Optical Goods
611110	Suttons Bay Public School Dist	Suttons Bay	30	Elementary/Secondary School
448150	Bahle Enterprises Inc	Suttons Bay	30	Ret Men's/Boy's Clothing Ret Women's Clothing Fruit Tree Orchard Motion Picture Theater
624410	Leelanau Childrens Center	Leland	30	Child Day Care Services
238910	Kal Excavating Co	Omena	30	Contractor - Excavation Heavy Construction
713910	Leland Country Club	Leland	30	Private Country Club
722110	Westwharf Inc	Traverse City	30	Restaurant
722410	Boones Prime Time Pub Inc	Suttons Bay	28	Restaurant & Bar
213112	Howard Energy Co Inc	Traverse City	28	Gas & oil field exploration services; provides natural gas storage services; natural gas distribution to consumers
522390	Mortgage North	Traverse City	27	Mortgage Banker/Correspondent
624310	Grand Traverse Industries Inc	Traverse City	27	Job Training/Related Services
722110	Grand Traverse Band Economic	Suttons Bay	25	Restaurant
111339	Mitco Inc	Northport	25	Fruit Tree Orchard
722110	Sugarfoots Inc	Cedar	25	Eating Place
713940	Leelanau Club At Bahle Farms	Suttons Bay	25	Public Golf Course
921110	Bingham Township	Traverse City	23	Executive Office
722110	Wiesen Enterprises Ltd	Empire	22	Restaurant-Fam Chain
Source: Harris Publishing Company, 2008 InfoSource

OTHER MAJOR EMPLOYERS
SIC	FIRM	LOCATION	EMPLOYEES	PRODUCT
7011	SYB Inc.	Cedar	350	Hotels and motels
9131	Grand Traverse Band of Ottowa	Suttons Bay	250	Legislative chamber
8211	Suttons Bay Public School Dist	Suttons Bay	178	School/education
8062	Leelanau Memorial Hospital	Northport	140	Health care
7999	National Park Service	Empire	81	Amusement/recreation
9411	Glen Lake Community School Dist.	Maple City	80	Education
9131	Leelanau County	Leland	75	Legislative chamber
5812	Western Ave Grill	Glen Arbor	55	Eating places
8211	Leland Public Schools	Leland	55	School/education
Source: Local County Economic Development Contact

NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS
Type of Service	2004
Total	698
Forestry, fishing, hunting, and agriculture support	2
Mining	3
Construction	165
Manufacturing	24
Food mfg	6
Beverage & tobacco product mfg	2
Textile mills	1
Textile product mills	3
Wood product mfg	4
Fabricated metal product mfg	3
Machinery mfg	1
Furniture & related product mfg	2
Miscellaneous mfg	2
Wholesale trade	12
Retail trade	116
Transportation & warehousing	8
Information	5
Publishing industries	2
Motion picture & sound recording industries	1
Finance & insurance	36
Real estate & rental & leasing	27
Professional, scientific & technical services	53
Management of companies & enterprises	1
Admin, support, waste mgt, remediation services	45
Educational services	2
Health care and social assistance	39
Arts, entertainment & recreation	31
Accommodation & food services	70
Other services (except public administration)	53
Unclassified establishments	6
Source:Source:U.S. Department of Commerce and Bureau of the Census, County Business Patterns, Issued July 2006

Quality of Life

EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT INFORMATION
COMMUNITY	SCHOOL DISTRICT	STUDENTS	INSTRUCTORS	HIGH SCHOOLS
Leland	Leland Public Schools	394	27	0
Maple City	Glen Lake Community Schools	826	47	1
Northport	Northport Public Schools	305	27	0
Suttons Bay	Suttons Bay Public Schools	995	57	1
Source: MI Department of Education, 1997

TWO YEAR COLLEGES AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS
NAME	LOCATION	ENROLLMENT
none in county

FOUR YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
NAME	LOCATION	ENROLLMENT
Northwestern Michigan College	Traverse City (Gr Traverse	4,140
Source: MI Department of Education, 1996

MEDICAL FACILITIES
TYPE OF FACILITY	# IN COUNTY	# OF BEDS
Hospitals	1	23
Source: MI Department of Consumer and Industry Services, 1998

HOUSING (2000)
OWNER OCCUPIED	MEDIAN VALUE	RENTER OCCUPIED	MEDIAN RENT
5,008	$165,400	1,138	$565
Source:U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing, 2000

CLIMATE
MONTH	AVG. MIN TEMP	AVG. MAX TEMP.
January	14F/-10C	27F/-3C
July	56F/13C	81F/27C
PRECIPITATION	RAINFALL	SNOWFALL
Average Annual	35in./89cm.	155in./394cm.
GROWING SEASON	DAYS ABOVE 90F/32C	DAYS BELOW 0F/-18C
130	6	11
Source: NOAA Climate Summary, 1995

RECREATION

COUNTY HIGHLIGHTS

Recreational harbor facilities at South Manitou Island, Leland, Northport, Suttons Bay, and Grelickville on Lake Michigan; located to both water- and snow-based recreation; Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore; Sugar Loaf Mountain Resort; Homestead Resort; access to North and South Manitou Islands from Leland; access to shopping and cultural facilities in Traverse county; charter fishing and boating; wine festivals.

Source: Local County Economic Development Contact

Municipal Services

UTILITIES
COMMUNITY	ELECTRIC	GAS
Empire, Suttons Bay, Solon, Centerville, Leland, Leelanau,	Cherryland	MichCon
Binghem, Centerville, Cleveland, Elmwood, Glen Arbor,	Consumers Energy	MichCon
Leland, Solon, Empire, Burdickville, Cedar, Maple City
Source: Local County Economic Development Contact

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Local Phone Companies	Ameritech, Century
Long Distance Companies	AT&T, MCI, Sprint, and others
Source: Local County Economic Development Contact

LICENSED LANDFILLS
COMMUNITY	OWNER/MANAGER
Kasson	Glen's Sanitary Landfill, Inc.
Source: MDEQ Waste Management Division, 1998

PROPERTY TAX (2004)
Agriculture	Commercial	Industrial	Residential	Other
3.70%	9.50%	0.40%	85.00%	1.40%
Source:MI Department of Treasury State Tax Commission, 2006

GOVERNMENT
COMMUNITY	PHONE NUMBER	COMMUNITY	PHONE NUMBER
Bingham Twp	(231) 922-6767	Centerville Twp	(231) 228-5548
Cleveland Twp	(231) 228-6488	Elmwood Charter Twp	(231) 946-0921
Empire (City of)	(231) 326-5466	Empire Twp	(231) 326-5182
Glen Arbor Twp	(231) 3334-3539	Kasson Twp	(231) 228-5736
Leelanau Twp	(231) 386-5138	Leland Twp	(231) 256-7037
Northport (City of)	(231) 386-5182	Solon Twp	(231) 228-5532
Suttons Bay (City of)	(231) 271-3051	Suttons Bay Twp	(231) 271-2722
Source: Local County Economic Development Contact

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTACT

Mr. Tino Breithaupt Senior Vice President of Economic Development Traverse Bay EDC Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce 202 E. Grandview Parkway Traverse City, MI 49684

Phone: 231.995.7105 Fax: 231.946.2565

Email: tbedc@tcchamber.org Web: www.tcchamber.org/tbedc

Source: Local County Economic Development Contact 2008