Roscommon County - Quality of Life

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EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT INFORMATION
COMMUNITY	SCHOOL DISTRICT	STUDENTS	INSTRUCTORS	HIGH SCHOOLS
Houghton Lake	Houghton Lake Community Schools	2,005	120	1
Roscommon	Gerrish-Higgins Schools	1,842	73	1
Source: MI Department of Education, 1997

TWO YEAR COLLEGES AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS
NAME	LOCATION	ENROLLMENT
Kirtland Community College	Roscommon	1,314

FOUR YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
NAME	LOCATION	ENROLLMENT
none in county
Source: MI Department of Education, 1996

MEDICAL FACILITIES
TYPE OF FACILITY	# IN COUNTY	# OF BEDS
Hospitals	none in county
Source: MI Department of Consumer and Industry Services, 1998

HOUSING (2000)
OWNER OCCUPIED	MEDIAN VALUE	RENTER OCCUPIED	MEDIAN RENT
7,724	$78,900	1,580	$420
Source:U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing, 2000

CLIMATE
MONTH	AVG. MIN TEMP	AVG. MAX TEMP.
January	9F./-13C.	26F./-3C.
July	55F./13C.	81F./27C.
PRECIPITATION	RAINFALL	SNOWFALL
Average Annual	29in./74cm.	57in./145cm.
GROWING SEASON	DAYS ABOVE 90F/32C	DAYS BELOW 0F/-18C
126	6	21
Source: NOAA Climate Summary, 1995

RECREATION

COUNTY HIGHLIGHTS

Tip-Up Town Festival, Houghton Lake (January); guided color tour, Houghton Lake (early October); Arts & Crafts Fair, Houghton Lake (mid-July); Bluegill Festival, Lake St. Helen (July); Michigan Fireman's Association Memorial, Roscommon (mid-September); Historical Round-Up; windsurfing on Higgins Lake; Roscommon County Fair (early August); AuSable Forest; North Higgins Lake State Park; Backus Creek State Game Area; ORV trail network; South Higgins Lake State Park; Tisdale Triangle X-country ski trails (11 groomed trails); Kirtland Community College (with athletic and cultural facilities); many lakes including Houghton Lake, Higgins Lake and Lake St. Helen; Houghton Lake Wildlife Research Area; AuSable State Park; Bear Creek Waterfowl Flooding; Tittabawassee, the Cut, Muskegon and AuSable Rivers; 5 public golf courses; 7 additional cross-country trails; boating resources (204 public access sites).

Source: Local County Economic Development Contact