Antrim County

Antrim County is located in the northwestern part of the lower peninsula east of Lake Michigan and Grand Traverse Bay, and is traversed by US-131. The county contains 480 square miles and is the 8th smallest in the state. The county seat is Bellaire. The Mackinaw State Forest covers most of the county's north central and southeastern parts. The county's economy is mixed with nearly equal dependence on agriculture, livestock, retail, and manufacturing. Hunting, fishing, and boating are popular recreational activities in the county.

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General Data

DISTANCE	MILES	KM
Chicago	340	547
Cleveland	410	659
Detroit	250	402
Indianapolis	400	648
Lansing	180	289

YEARS	POPULATION
2002	23,852
2003	24,238
2004	24,377
2005	24,422
Source:Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, March 16, 2006

WORKFORCE
LABOR	2006
Total Workforce	12,576
Number Employed	11,668
Number Unemployed	908
Unemployment Rate	7.2
Source:Michigan Employment Service Agency, 2006

CHARACTERISTICS OF LABOR FORCE
LABOR	2000
Workers 16 years and over	9,740
Percentage who work outside of county	41.8%
Percentage who work at home	5.4%
Source:U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing, 2000

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTS
CLASSIFICATION	2000
Persons 25 years of age or older	16,025
Percentage with high school diploma	84.6%
Percentage with bachelor's degree	19.36%
Source:U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing, 2000

TRANSPORTATION
ACCESS TO MARKETS
Main Highways	US-31, US-131, M-66, M-88, M-32
Bus Lines	Dial-A-Ride (Greyhound bus service area, Elk Rapids)
Truck Lines	6
Rail Lines	TSB - Owosso, MI
Ports	Charlevoix (30 miles-Lake Michigan)
Airports	Antrim County Airport (Bellaire), Cherry Capital Airport (Traverse City)
Airlines	NWA, Northwest Airlink, American Eagle, United Express, Delta
Source: MI State Transportation Commission, 2007

Economy

PERSONAL INCOME (In Thousands of Dollars)
Components by Type	2002	2003	2004	2005
Personal income	613,946	628,297	648,563	667,029
Population (persons)	23,846	24,215	24,363	24,404
Per capita personal income (dollars)	25,746	25,947	26,621	27,333
Farm proprietors' income	-202	3,757	2,198	1,976
Nonfarm proprietors' income	53,712	54,122	63,951	68,404
Components by Industry	2002	2003	2004	2005
Farm earnings	2,458	5,837	4,666	4,104
Nonfarm earnings	249,340	256,360	272,803	277,957
Private earnings	199,518	204,462	218,572	221,478
Forestry, fishing, related activities, and other	1,984	0	0	2,174
Mining	797	0	0	1,924
Utilities	667	702	648	676
Construction	24,439	26,573	31,227	34,960
Manufacturing	54,640	63,108	61,168	57,334
Durable goods manufacturing	50,347	58,678	55,528	50,204
Wholesale trade	11,966	6,242	5,642	5,476
Retail Trade	17,835	18,725	19,605	19,736
Transportation and warehousing	0	0	2,344	2,445
Information	3,667	3,722	3,723	2,236
Finance and insurance	8,278	8,974	9,848	10,423
Real estate and rental and leasing	14,952	14,647	20,420	21,927
Professional and technical services	11,511	10,415	10,949	11,121
Government and government enterprises	49,822	51,898	54,231	56,479
Federal, civilian	2,949	3,275	4,137	4,136
Military	1,012	1,455	1,581	1,797
State and local	45,861	47,168	48,513	50,546
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	10,765	10,842	11,248	11,374
Wage and salary employment	6,752	6,561	6,773	6,657
Proprietors employment	4,013	4,281	4,475	4,717
Farm employment	371	366	368	364
Nonfarm employment	10,394	10,476	10,880	11,010
Components by Industry	2002	2003	2004	2005
Private employment	8,910	9,034	9,458	9,546
Forestry, fishing, related activities, and other	103	0	0	104
Mining	70	0	0	79
Utilities	0	0	0	11
Construction	1,127	1,191	1,271	1,369
Manufacturing	1,177	1,242	1,308	1,154
Wholesale trade	316	201	205	205
Retail Trade	1,164	1,151	1,152	1,140
Transportation and warehousing	0	0	104	116
Finance and insurance	282	285	298	299
Real estate and rental and leasing	647	734	831	890
Professional and technical services	399	458	532	541
Government and government enterprises	1,484	1,442	1,422	1,464
Federal, civilian	60	67	74	74
Military	48	47	47	44
State and local	1,376	1,328	1,301	1,346
Source:Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Department of Commerce, Issued May 2007

PRINCIPAL EMPLOYERS
NAICS	COMPANY NAME	LOCATION	EMPLOYEES	PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
311421	Great Lakes Packing Co	Kewadin	350	Fresh tart cherry & sweet cherry brine processing
722410	Go Forward Operating LP	Bellaire	300	Drinking Place Eating Place Hotel/Motel Operation Amusement/Recreation Svc
621498	County of Antrim	Bellaire	200	Specialty Outpatient Clinic
623110	County of Antrim	Bellaire	190	Skilled Nursing Care Facility
611110	Elk Rapids School District	Elk Rapids	180	Elementary/Secondary School
331525	Anchor Lamina America Inc	Bellaire	115	Copper foundry; copper rolling & drawing; nonferrous rolling & drawing; manufactures bolts, nuts, rivets & washers; machine tools & accessories; manufactures power hand tools
314911	Traverse Bay Manufacturing Inc	Elk Rapids	79	Manufactures textile bags; manufactures men's & boys' athletic & sportswear; manufactures women's & misses' outerwear; manufactures men's & boys' work clothing
445110	Spartan Stores Inc	Bellaire	75	Ret Groceries Whol Meats/Products
921110	County of Antrim	Bellaire	70	Executive Office
611110	Central Lake Public Schools	Central Lake	67	Public Schools
113310	Fahl Forest Products	Mancelona	56	Logging
611110	Mancelona School District	Mancelona	55	Elementary/Secondary School
611110	Bellaire Public School Dist	Bellaire	55	Elementary/Secondary School
922120	County of Antrim	Bellaire	55	Police Protection
722211	T J H Enterprises Inc	Mancelona	50	Fast-Food Rest Chain
311421	Burnette Foods Inc	Elk Rapids	50	Manufactures canned fruits; manufactures food preparations; manufactures pasta
321113	Burt Moeke & Son Hardwoods Inc	Mancelona	50	Manufactures rough, sawed or planed lumber; hardwood dimension & flooring mill
332313	Steel Tank & Fabricating Co	Mancelona	50	Plate metal fabricator
921110	Lake Torch Township Office	Eastport	50	Executive Office
813110	Kewadin Indian Mission	Kewadin	48	Religious Organization
722110	Magnum Hospitality Inc	Elk Rapids	45	Eating Place
611110	Elk Rapids High School	Elk Rapids	45	Elementary/Secondary School Child Day Care Services
445110	Young & Prince Enterprises Inc	Elk Rapids	45	Ret Groceries
611110	Elk Rapids School Dist	Elk Rapids	45	Elementary/Secondary School
331111	Armor Express	Central Lake	45	Manufactures armor plates; manufactures bulletproof vests
722211	Tjh Enterprises Inc	Bellaire	42	Fast-Food Rest Chain
236220	Strand Constructors Inc	Bellaire	40	Nonresidential Construction
531210	Real Estate Place of Bellaire	Bellaire	40	Real Estate Agent/Manager
424410	Northern Warehousing Inc	Elmira	36	Whol General Groceries
424910	Ellsworth Farmers Exchange Inc	Ellsworth	36	Feed & Farm Supplies & Ret Gas & Oil Products
445110	Spartan Stores Inc	Mancelona	35	Ret Groceries Whol Meats/Products
722110	Spencer Creek Inc	Bellaire	35	Eating Place
813110	Central Lake Seventh Day	Central Lake	34	Religious Organization
333512	Elk Rapids Engineering Inc	Elk Rapids	33	Manufactures metal cutting machine tools
611110	Mancelona School District	Mancelona	33	Elementary/Secondary School
336399	Lanzen Fabricating North Inc	Mancelona	32	Manufactures motor vehicle parts & accessories
813410	Department of Human Services	Bellaire	30	Civic/Social Association
333120	Northern Michigan Road Commn	Mancelona	30	Manufactures road construction & maintenance machinery
424710	Derrer & Sons Oil Co Inc	Mancelona	30	Whol Petroleum Products & Gasoline Filling Stations
447190	Derrer Oil Corp	Mancelona	30	Filling Stations Gas
213112	Dover Industrial Products Inc	Central Lake	30	Oil field services; manufactures metal stampings; manufactures valves & pipe fittings
722410	Blue Pelican	Central Lake	30	Drinking Place Eating Place
337110	Wooden Hammer Ltd	Elk Rapids	29	Manufactures wooden kitchen cabinets; retails custom furniture & cabinets
921110	Central Lake Township	Central Lake	29	Township Government
111211	Kitchen Farms Inc	Elmira	27	Potato Farm
321113	Paris North Hardwood Lumber	Alba	27	Sawing & planing mill; hardwood dimension & flooring mill; manufactures treated lumber
339112	Specialty Silicone Fabricators	Elk Rapids	25	Manufactures medical instruments
611110	Central Lake Public Schools	Central Lake	25	Elementary/Secondary School
111339	James King	Kewadin	25	Fruit Tree Orchard
522110	Alden State Bank	Alden	25	State Commercial Bank
561612	Moore Investigation & Security	Bellaire	25	Detective/Armored Car Services
444220	Pine Hill Nursery Inc	Kewadin	25	Ret & Whol Nursery Stock
484121	Howes & Howes Trucking Inc	Ellsworth	25	Trucking Operator-Nonlocal Local Trucking Operator
Source: Harris Publishing Company, 2008 InfoSource

OTHER MAJOR EMPLOYERS
SIC #	FIRM	LOCATION	EMPLOYEES	PRODUCT
7011	Club Corp. International	Bellaire	650	Hotels and motels
8051	Antrim County Nursing Home	Bellaire	130	Health care
8211	Mancelona School District	Mancelona	83	Education
9111	Antrim County	Bellaire	70	Executive offices
5411	Prevos Family Market Inc.	Bellaire	45	Grocery stores
8093	Antrim County Nursing Facility	Bellaire	40	Health services
6531	Real Estate Pl of Bellaire Inc.	Bellaire	40	Real estate
8211	Ellsworth Community Schools	Ellsworth	40	Education
Source: Local County Economic Development Contact

NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS
Type of Service	2004
Total	652
Forestry, fishing, hunting, and agriculture support	2
Mining	4
Construction	123
Manufacturing	53
Food mfg	3
Textile product mills	5
Apparel manufacturing	6
Wood product mfg	4
Printing & related support activities	2
Nonmetallic mineral product mfg	1
Fabricated metal product mfg	10
Machinery mfg	12
Transportation equipment mfg	4
Furniture & related product mfg	1
Miscellaneous mfg	5
Wholesale trade	11
Retail trade	100
Transportation & warehousing	14
Information	12
Publishing industries	5
Motion picture & sound recording industries	2
Finance & insurance	29
Real estate & rental & leasing	22
Professional, scientific & technical services	48
Management of companies & enterprises	1
Admin, support, waste mgt, remediation services	26
Educational services	7
Health care and social assistance	45
Arts, entertainment & recreation	14
Accommodation & food services	68
Other services (except public administration)	70
Unclassified establishments	3
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
Alba	Alba Public Schools	193	11	1
Bellaire	Bellaire Public Schools	654	33	1
Central Lake	Central Lake Public Schools	498	25	1
Elk Rapids	Elk Rapids Public Schools	1,449	66	1
Ellsworth	Ellsworth Community Schools	264	15	1
Gaylord	Gaylord Community Schools	3,450	161	1
Mancelona	Mancelona Public Schools	1,067	52	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 (Grand	4,140
North Central Michigan College	Petoskey (Emmit Co.)	2,023
Source: MI Department of Education, 1996

MEDICAL FACILITIES
TYPE OF FACILITY	# IN COUNTY	# OF BEDS
Hospitals	0
Source: MI Department of Consumer and Industry Services, 1998

HOUSING (2000)
OWNER OCCUPIED	MEDIAN VALUE	RENTER OCCUPIED	MEDIAN RENT
5,209	$110,000	1,281	$460
Source:U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing, 2000

CLIMATE
MONTH	AVG. MIN TEMP	AVG. MAX TEMP.
January	13F/-11C	28F/-2C
July	55F/13C	80F/27C
PRECIPITATION	RAINFALL	SNOWFALL
Average Annual	31in./79cm	96in./244cm.
GROWING SEASON	DAYS ABOVE 90F/32C	DAYS BELOW 0F/-18C
113	7	18
Source: NOAA Climate Summary, 1995

RECREATION

COUNTY HIGHLIGHTS

Antrim County is located in Northwest Lower Michigan. It is bordered on the west by Lake Michigan and Grand Traverse Bay and on the east by the Mackinaw State Forest, also referred to as the Jordan River Valley. The county is covered with a rolling terrain with many lakes (45), 24 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline and rivers encompassing 65 miles of waterways throughout the area. The county has nearly 44,000 acres of state forest land, the Grass River Natural Area and Wilcox-Palmer-Shah Nature Preserve. Most notable of the lakes is Torch Lake, considered to be one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. Torch Lake is on a chain of lakes that runs from Bellaire (the county seat) to Elk Rapids (recreational harbor facilities/Lake Michigan). North of Bellaire is another chain of lakes that goes from there through Central Lake and Ellsworth, with the largest of these being Intermediate Lake. Mancelona, located in the southeast corner of the county, on US-131, is home to the annual White Pine Stampede, Bass Festival and Deadman's Hill Scenic Overlook. The county also has 13 fine golf courses, is a major ski resort area, home to Shanty Creek Resort, and is very beautiful during the fall color season.

Source: Local County Economic Development Contact, 2007

Municipal Services

UTILITIES
COMMUNITY	ELECTRIC	GAS
Banks, Central Lake, Chestonia, Custer, Elk Rapids, Forest Home, Helena, Jordan, Kearney, Mancelona, Milton, Star, Torch Lake, Warner	Consumers Energy & Great Lakes Energy	DTE
Source: Local County Economic Development Contact, 2007

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Local Phone Companies	GTE
Long Distance Companies	AT&T, Pigeon Telephone Co., SBC, Verizon
Source: Local County Economic Development Contact, 2007

LICENSED LANDFILLS
COMMUNITY	OWNER/MANAGER
None in County
Source: MDEQ Waste Management Division, 1998

PROPERTY TAX (2004)
Agriculture	Commercial	Industrial	Residential	Other
1.80%	10.50%	1.90%	84.10%	1.60%
Source:MI Department of Treasury State Tax Commission, 2006

GOVERNMENT
COMMUNITY	PHONE NUMBER	COMMUNITY	PHONE NUMBER
Banks Twp	(231) 588-6126	Helena Twp	(231) 331-4643
Bellaire (Village of)	(231) 533-8213	Jordan Twp	(231) 536-2855
Central Lake Twp	(231) 544-6687	Kearney Twp	(231) 533-5719
Central Lake (Village of)	(231) 544-6483	Mancelona Twp	(231) 587-8651
Chestonia Twp	(231) 584-3222	Mancelona (Village of)	(231) 587-8331
Custer Twp	(231) 587-4773	Milton Twp	(231) 264-6612
Echo Twp	(231) 544-6644	Star Twp	(231) 584-2649
Elk Rapids Twp	(231) 264-9333	Torch Lake Twp	(231) 599-2036
Elk Rapids (Village of)	(231) 264-9274	Warner Twp	(231) 546-3949
Forest Home Twp	(231) 533-8003
Source: Local County Economic Development Contact, 2007

COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTACT

Mr. Andy Hayes, President

Northern Lakes Economic Alliance

P. O. Box 8

Boyne City, MI 49712

Phone (231) 582-6482

Fax (231) 582-3213

info@northernlakes.net

www.northernlakes.net

Source: Local County Economic Development Contact, 2007