COUNTY PROFILE - LAPEER, Michigan

 
LOCATION SERVICES
 
Lapeer Development Corporation
449 McCormick Drive
Lapeer, Michigan 48446
 
Contact:  Patricia Crawford-Lucas
Phone:    313/667-0080
FAX:      313/667-3541
 
 
County Seat:  Lapeer
 
POPULATION
 
1970 Census                    52361
1980 Census                    70038
1990 Census                    74768
Median Age (as of 1990)         31.8 years
 
 
LABOR FORCE
(1992 average)
 
Total Labor Force            37500
Employed                     33225
Total Unemployment            4300
Unemployment Rate             11.4%
3-Year Average                11.6%
 
 
PRINCIPAL ECONOMIC BASE EMPLOYERS
 
Firm                                Employees         Product/Service
 
Voplex/Lapeer Fabricators, Lapeer         529  Auto trim; weatherstrip
Albar Industries, Lapeer                  303  Auto plastic/paint/stamp/assm.
Lapeer Metal Products, Lapeer             286  Metal stampings & assemblies
Durakon Industries, Lapeer                280  Truck bed liners; auto prods.
Vlasic Foods, Imlay City                  225  Food processing, pickle prods.
Johnson Controls/Eng. Plas., Lapeer       190  Plastic auto parts
Champion Enterprises, Dryden              165  Homes, motor homes, buses
Growth & Opportunity, Lapeer              150  Bench working & assemblies
Metamora Products, Metamora               146  Custom injection mold plastic
Active Homes, Marlette                    144  Modular and panel homes
Deco Plate, Lapeer                        140  Chromeplating of plastics
Toyo Seat USA, Imlay City                 135  Auto seat frames/poles
Webco Press, Lapeer                       135  Newspaper & other printing
M. K. Chambers, North Branch              124  Machine shop; CNC lathe
PSI Telecomm., Imlay City Div.            121  Communication industry prods.
Howell Industries, Lapeer                 108  Metal stampings
Ligon Brothers, Almont                    101  Auto metal/plastic stampings
 
 
EARNING LEVELS
                                          Average Hourly Rate
Classification                           Minimum       Maximum
 
Assembler - Heavy                          $6.94         $7.70
Clerk, General Office                      $6.37         $8.04
Draftsman                                 $13.20        $16.94
Electrician                                $9.10         $9.85
Foreman                                   $10.20        $13.60
Forklift Operator                          $7.52         $8.42
Maintenance Mechanic                       $7.43        $11.31
Maintenance, Building                      $7.02        $10.38
Production Welder                          $7.41         $8.72
Tool & Die Maker                           $9.29        $13.95
 
Source:  Lapeer County Wage and Benefit Survey, 1992-93.
 
 
DISTANCE TO:
                   Miles    Kilometers
Chicago             300         482
Cleveland           220         353
Detroit              60          96
Indianapolis        320         514
Lansing              70         112
Toronto             230         370
 
 
TRANSPORTATION
 
Main Highways:  I-69, M-24, M-53, M-90
Bus Lines:      Valley Coach Lines
Truck Lines:    6
Rail Lines:     Grand Trunk Western
Ports:          None
Airports:       Bishop International Airport, Flint (20 miles)
Airlines:       American, Northwest, Piedmont
 
 
CLIMATE
As reported by weather station at Lapeer.
 
January Average Minimum:   13 F./-11 C.    Average Maximum:   29 F./ -2 C.
July Average Minimum:      58 F./ 14 C.    Average Maximum:   83 F./ 28 C.
Growing Season:       130 days
Days below 0 F or -18 C:   12      Average Annual Rainfall:   28 in./ 71 cm.
Days above 90 F or 32 C:   12      Average Annual Snowfall:   48 in./122 cm.
 
 
INDUSTRIAL SITES
(As of January 1993)
 
Community                  Sites    Acres    Hectares    Industrial Parks
 
Almont                        1        58          23              1
Almont Twp.                   1         8           3              1
Imlay City                    3        20           8              1
Lapeer                       36       172          70              3
     COUNTY TOTAL            41       258         104              6
 
Zero acres indicates less than half an acre or no information available.
 
 
CONSTRUCTION PERMITS
 
                   Residential   Industrial      Office      Mercantile
                  Units  Value  Units  Value  Units  Value  Units  Value
 
1991:              417   $29.48    9    $1.70    1    $0.06    7    $1.42
3-Year Average:    459   $33.47    8    $1.67    3    $1.00    8    $1.72
 
Values are reported in millions of dollars. A 3-year average value of 1 may
indicate no construction activity in one or more of the last three years.
 
 
NEW INCORPORATIONS
 
Incorporations in 1992:    176          State Median:   68
Incorporation Rate:        235          State Median:  183
 
Incorporation Rate = incorporations per 100,000 population.
 
 
PROPERTY TAX BASE
(As of 1992)
 
Agricultural    Residential   Industrial    Commercial    Other
    15%             67%           2%            8%          8%
 
County Total State Equalized Value:           $1,078,850,374.00
County Average Tax Millage Rate (in 1991):                 51.4
 
 
UTILITIES
                   Electric           Gas                Telephone*
 
Imlay City         Detroit Edison     Consumers          GTE, D
Lapeer             Detroit Edison     Consumers          Michigan Bell, EA
 
* D=digital switching; EA=equal access to interexchange carriers;
  see Source List note.
 
 
WATER
                                 Gallons           Liters         Pressure
                 Source      Capacity   Use    Capacity   Use   (lbs./sq.in.)
 
Imlay City       Detroit                  4                13     45-75
Lapeer           Detroit                 15                57     50
 
Capacity and maximum use in hundreds of thousands of gallons/liters per day.
 
 
SEWER
                                            Gallons            Liters
                     Type               Capacity   Load    Capacity   Load
 
Imlay City           Activ. Sludge            5       4         17      13
Lapeer               Activ. Sludge           19      18         70      69
 
Capacity and present load in hundreds of thousands of gallons/liters per day.
 
 
MUNICIPAL SERVICES
                                   1990               Master   Public Library
Community        Phone Number   Population    Zoning   Plan      (Volumes)
 
Imlay City       313-724-2135        2921       yes    yes     18,936
Lapeer           313-664-2902        7759       yes    yes     70,129
 
 
                 ------- Fire Department -------    Police
Community        Class.    FT Paid    PT/Volunt.  (Full-Time)  Solid Waste
 
Imlay City        7                        25            8     Independent
Lapeer            6                        38           16     Independent
 
 
County Sheriff Officers:    44      Licensed Landfills in County:    1
 
Other communities in Lapeer County (1990 population for incorporated
communities in parenthesis):
 
Almont (2354), Almont Twp. (4660), Arcadia Twp. (2448), Attica Twp. (3873),
Burlington Twp. (1495), Burnside Twp. (1753), Clifford (354), Columbiaville
(934), Deerfield Twp. (4903), Dryden (628), Dryden Twp. (3399), Elba Twp.
(4536), Goodland Twp. (1476), Hadley Twp. (3830), Hunters Creek, Imlay Twp.
(2143), Kings Mill, Lapeer Twp. (4519), Lum, Marathon Twp. (4286), Mayfield
Twp. (7133), Metamora (447), Metamora Twp. (3544), North Branch (1023), North
Branch Twp. (3006), Oregon Twp. (5913), Otter Lake (474), Rich Twp. (1162),
Silverwood, Thornville
 
 
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES (1992-1993)
                                                  K-12    Instruc.     High
Community        School District                Students    Staff     Schools
 
Imlay City       Imlay City Community              1943        79         1
Lapeer           Lapeer Community                  7692       299         2
North Branch     North Branch Area                 2336        94         1
 
 
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
(As of Fall 1991)
 
Name and Location                                               Enrollment
 
Baker College of Business, Flint (20 mi.)                             3861
C.S. Mott Community College, Flint (20 mi.)                          10858
General Motors Institute, Flint (20 mi.)                              3104
Great Lakes Junior College, Saginaw (35 mi.)                          2244
Oakland University, Rochester (30 mi.)                               12530
Saginaw Valley State University, University Center (50 mi.)           6416
University of Michigan, Flint (20 mi.)                                6603
 
 
MEDICAL FACILITIES
 
Hospitals in County:           1     Total Beds:    206
Nearest Large Medical Center:  Flint (20 miles)
Extended Care Facilities:      2     Total Beds:    253
Physicians (MDs and DOs) in County:     67
 
 
HOUSING AND CHURCHES
(Housing as of 1990)
 
Owner occupied:    19978 ( 81.%)     Median Home Value:   $62,300.00
Renter occupied:    4681 ( 19.%)     Median Contract Rent:   $335.00
Churches:      Catholic:    4    Protestant:   35
Synagogues:    0   Nearest synagogue is in Flint (17 miles)
 
 
RECREATION, ATTRACTIONS, AND EVENTS
 
Metamora Hadley Recreation Area; Ortonville Recreation Area; Blue Spiral
Waterslide/Torzewski County Park, Lapeer; Lapeer State Game Area. Lapeer
County Courthouse; Douglas Orchard, Columbiaville; Apple Barn and Cider
Mill, North Branch; Reynold Berry Farm & Cider Mill, North Branch.
 
 
COMMERCIAL SERVICES
(As of 1989)
 
General Building Contractors                   16
Metalworking Machinery                         11
Commercial Printing                             8
Advertising                                     1
Personnel Supply Services                       3
Computer and Data Processing Services           3
Legal Services                                 19
Accounting, Auditing and Bookkeeping            7
Retail Establishments                         313
Wholesale Establishments                       69
 
Hotel/Motel Rooms (as of 1986):                89
Television Channels:    8 plus cable
Radio Stations:         2
Newspapers:     Detroit Free Press, Detroit News, Flint Journal, Lapeer County
                Press, Port Huron Times Herald
 
 
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
(As of 1993)                                                       Offices
                                            Main Office           in County
 
Citizens Commercial & Savings Bank          Flint                      1
Citizens Federal Savings Bank               Port Huron                 2
Comerica Bank                               Detroit                    1
First of America Bank-SE Michigan, NA       Detroit                    7
Lapeer County Bank & Trust Co               Lapeer                     5
NBD Bank, NA                                Detroit                    1
Pioneer Bank                                North Branch               1
The Kingston State Bank                     Kingston                   1
Tri-Country Bank                            Brown City                 1
 
EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS BY INDUSTRY
                                                               Earnings
                                   Employment                ($ millions)
                                1985        1990            1985          1990
 
Total Employment                20368       25050
Total Income                                              $885.91     $1,292.31
 
Earnings by Place of Work                                 $308.07       $479.17
 
  Components by Type:
  Wage and Salary               15373       19370         $245.88       $371.58
  Proprietors                    4995        5680          $39.96        $71.43
    Farm                         1540        1330           $4.41        $13.62
    Nonfarm                      3455        4350          $35.55        $57.82
 
  Components by Industry:
  Farm                           2241        1891           $9.51        $19.28
  Nonfarm                       18127       23159         $298.56       $459.89
    Private                     13661       17892         $210.65       $331.13
      Agric./For./Fish.           159         193           $1.70         $3.25
      Mining                      113          90           $2.90         $2.31
      Construction                943        1349          $20.56        $28.16
      Manufacturing              3441        4925          $72.87       $135.88
        Non-Durable Goods         ---         ---          $39.99        $59.69
        Durable Goods             ---         ---          $32.87        $76.19
      Transp. & Utilities         538         477          $14.27        $12.71
      Wholesale Trade             584         755          $11.09        $13.45
      Retail Trade               3109        4027          $32.50        $46.20
      Fin./Ins./Real Est.        1210        1317           $7.56        $11.50
      Services                   3564        4759          $47.21        $77.67
    Government                   4466        5267          $87.92       $128.76
      Federal                     131         153           $3.05         $4.41
      Military, Civilian          158         171           $0.81         $1.11
      State and Local            4177        4943          $84.06       $123.24
 
Earnings by Place of Residence                            $643.97       $934.66
 
Zero values indicate confidential information or fewer than 10 employees
or less than $50,000.
 
Per Capita Income:      1985:    $12,937.00      1990:    $17,194.00