COUNTY PROFILE - SHIAWASSEE, Michigan

LOCATION SERVICES
 
Shiawassee County Econ. Dev. Corp.
701 S. Norton Street
Corunna, Michigan 48817
 
Contact:  Doug Hoover
Phone:    517/743-3408
 
 
 
County Seat:  Corunna
 
POPULATION
 
1970 Census                    63075
1980 Census                    71140
1990 Census                    69770
Median Age (as of 1990)         32.5 years
 
 
LABOR FORCE
(1992 average)
 
Total Labor Force            34500
Employed                     30675
Total Unemployment            3825
Unemployment Rate             11.1%
3-Year Average                10.9%
 
 
PRINCIPAL ECONOMIC BASE EMPLOYERS
 
Firm                                Employees         Product/Service
 
Magne-Tek Universal, Owosso               565  Fractional HP prec. elec. mtr.
Johnson Controls, Owosso                  362  Automotive storage batteries
Mitchell Corp., Owosso                    350  Auto covers, seats, seat frame
Toledo Commutator, Owosso                 230  Commutators & collector rings
Jim Robbins, Owosso                       185  Plastic injection molding
Moore Iron Works, Owosso                  180  Auto industry shipping racks
Akro Corp., Corunna                       159  OEM floormats
Ackco Services, Owosso                    144  Plastic fabrications, pkging.
Defiance-Vaungarde, Owosso                140  Molded plastic auto parts
Motor Products, Owosso                    140  Permanent magnet frac. motors
Crown Leisure Products, Owosso            135  Wrought iron & alum. furniture
Regal Plastics, Owosso                    132  Thermoplastic injection mold.
Simplicity Engineering, Durand            130  Vibr., screen, convey systems
The Colonel's, Owosso                     125  Polyurethane auto bumpers
Georgia Pacific, Owosso                   118  Corrugated shipping containers
Kenco Plastics, Corunna                   112  Automotive plastic parts
U.S. Brick, Corunna                       103  Face brick
Shiawassee Manufacturing, Owosso          100  Production machining
 
 
EARNING LEVELS
                                          Average Hourly Rate
Classification                           Minimum       Maximum
 
Assembler - Light                          $6.08         $8.43
Clerk, General Office                      $6.12         $8.65
Electronic Technician                     $11.34        $16.29
Forklift Operator                          $7.44        $10.53
General Laborer                            $6.33        $10.71
Inspector                                  $8.70        $11.73
Machine Operator                           $8.24        $12.15
Machinist                                               $15.66
Secretary                                  $6.70         $9.85
Welder                                     $8.77        $11.87
 
Source:  Based on Consumers Power community survey, adjusted for inflation
         to 1991 using Consumer Price Index.
 
 
DISTANCE TO:
                   Miles    Kilometers
Chicago             240         386
Cleveland           250         402
Detroit              80         128
Indianapolis        300         482
Lansing              30          48
Toronto             280         450
 
 
TRANSPORTATION
 
Main Highways:  I-69, M-13, M-21, M-52, M-71
Bus Lines:      Indian Trails
Truck Lines:    34
Rail Lines:     Grand Trunk Western; Tuscola & Saginaw Bay
Ports:          None
Airports:       Bishop Airport, Flint (25 miles); Capitol City Airport,
                Lansing (35 miles)
Airlines:       American Eagle, Continental, Northwest Airlink, Piedmont
 
 
CLIMATE
As reported by weather station at Owosso.
 
January Average Minimum:   14 F./-10 C.    Average Maximum:   29 F./ -2 C.
July Average Minimum:      59 F./ 15 C.    Average Maximum:   82 F./ 28 C.
Growing Season:       144 days
Days below 0 F or -18 C:   11      Average Annual Rainfall:   29 in./ 74 cm.
Days above 90 F or 32 C:    9      Average Annual Snowfall:   41 in./104 cm.
 
 
INDUSTRIAL SITES
(As of January 1993)
 
Community                  Sites    Acres    Hectares    Industrial Parks
 
Bennington Twp.               1         0           0              0
Corunna                       2       134          54              0
Durand                        4        33          13              0
Middlebury Twp.               1        10           4              0
Owosso                        7        82          33              1
Owosso Twp.                   3        55          22              1
Perry Twp.                    1         0           0              0
     COUNTY TOTAL            19       314         127              2
 
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:              219   $17.64    1    $0.03                  7    $1.61
3-Year Average:    196   $15.62                  1    $0.28    6    $1.01
 
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:     96          State Median:   68
Incorporation Rate:        138          State Median:  183
 
Incorporation Rate = incorporations per 100,000 population.
 
 
PROPERTY TAX BASE
(As of 1992)
 
Agricultural    Residential   Industrial    Commercial    Other
    19%             60%           3%           10%          8%
 
County Total State Equalized Value:             $751,396,086.00
County Average Tax Millage Rate (in 1991):                54.47
 
 
UTILITIES
                   Electric           Gas                Telephone*
 
Corunna            Consumers          Consumers          GTE, D
Durand             Consumers          Consumers          GTE, D
Owosso             Consumers          Consumers          GTE, D
Perry              Consumers          Consumers          Shiawassee Tel.
 
* 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.)
 
Corunna          Wells            4       2        13       9     28-64
Durand           Wells
Owosso           Wells          100      43       379     163     50-70
Perry            Wells
 
Capacity and maximum use in hundreds of thousands of gallons/liters per day.
 
 
SEWER
                                            Gallons            Liters
                     Type               Capacity   Load    Capacity   Load
 
Corunna              (see Owosso)
Durand                                        8       4         30      13
Owosso               Primary                 30      23        114      87
Perry                                         1       1          4       4
 
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)
 
Corunna          517-743-4422        3091       yes    yes     10,183
Durand           517-288-3113        4283       yes    yes     17,856
Owosso           517-723-8844       16322       yes    no      64,137
Perry            517-625-6155        2163       yes            14,019
 
 
                 ------- Fire Department -------    Police
Community        Class.    FT Paid    PT/Volunt.  (Full-Time)  Solid Waste
 
Corunna           8                        25            5     Independent
Durand            6                        19            5
Owosso            5           18            6           19     Independent
Perry             6                        33            4
 
 
County Sheriff Officers:    34      Licensed Landfills in County:    1
 
Other communities in Shiawassee County (1990 population for incorporated
communities in parenthesis):
 
Antrim Twp. (1679), Bancroft (599), Bennington Twp. (2726), Burns Twp. (3019),
Burton, Byron (573), Caledonia Twp. (4514), Carland, Fairfield Twp. (790),
Hazelton Twp. (2294), Hemans, Juddville, Laingsburg (1148), Lennon (534),
Middlebury Twp. (1536), Morrice (630), New Haven Twp. (1286), New Lothrop
(596), Owosso Twp. (4121), Perry Twp. (3698), Rush Twp. (1405), Sciota Twp.
(1578), Shaftsburg, Shiawassee Twp. (2731), Venice Twp. (2812), Vernon (913),
Vernon Twp. (4989), Woodhull Twp. (3585)
 
 
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES (1992-1993)
                                                  K-12    Instruc.     High
Community        School District                Students    Staff     Schools
 
Byron            Byron Area                        1135        43         1
Corunna          Corunna Public                    1987        78         1
Durand           Durand Area                       2210        95         1
Morrice          Morrice Area                       656        36         1
New Lothrop      New Lothrop Area Public            901        41         1
Owosso           Owosso Public                     4311       182         1
Perry            Perry Public                      1887        84         1
 
 
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
(As of Fall 1991)
 
Name and Location                                               Enrollment
 
Baker College, Owosso                                                 1076
C.S. Mott Community College, Flint (25 mi.)                          10858
General Motors Institute, Flint (25 mi.)                              3104
Lansing Community College, Lansing (35 mi.)                          21781
Michigan State University, East Lansing (30 mi.)                     43329
University of Michigan, Flint (25 mi.)                                6603
 
 
MEDICAL FACILITIES
 
Hospitals in County:           1     Total Beds:    194
Nearest Large Medical Center:  Flint (25 miles)
Extended Care Facilities:      3     Total Beds:    505
Physicians (MDs and DOs) in County:     62
 
 
HOUSING AND CHURCHES
(Housing as of 1990)
 
Owner occupied:    19321 (77.7%)     Median Home Value:   $47,200.00
Renter occupied:    5543 (22.3%)     Median Contract Rent:   $292.00
Churches:      Catholic:    6    Protestant:   72
Synagogues:    0   Nearest synagogue is in Flint (23 miles)
 
 
RECREATION, ATTRACTIONS, AND EVENTS
 
Sleepy Hollow State Park (cross-country skiing in winter). Curwood Castle,
Owosso. Railroad Days Festival, Durand (May); Owosso Curwood Festival,
Owosso (June); Shiawassee County Fair, Corunna (August).
 
 
COMMERCIAL SERVICES
(As of 1989)
 
General Building Contractors                   13
Metalworking Machinery                          6
Commercial Printing                             5
Advertising                                     1
Personnel Supply Services                       3
Computer and Data Processing Services           4
Legal Services                                 22
Accounting, Auditing and Bookkeeping           10
Retail Establishments                         328
Wholesale Establishments                       77
 
Hotel/Motel Rooms (as of 1986):               173
Television Channels:    3 plus cable
Radio Stations:         3
Newspapers:     Durand Express, Owosso Argus Press, Shiawassee County Journal,
                Shiawassee Independent
 
 
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
(As of 1993)                                                       Offices
                                            Main Office           in County
 
Citizens Commercial & Savings Bank          Flint                      3
City Bank                                   Saint Johns                1
First Federal of Michigan                   Detroit                    2
First of America Bank-Central               Lansing                    1
Heritage Federal Savings Bank               Taylor                     1
Key State Bank                              Owosso                     3
NBD Bank, NA                                Detroit                    2
Old Kent Bank-Central                       Owosso                     8
Republic Bank                               Flint                      1
 
EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS BY INDUSTRY
                                                               Earnings
                                   Employment                ($ millions)
                                1985        1990            1985          1990
 
Total Employment                20710       24131
Total Income                                              $861.83     $1,102.39
 
Earnings by Place of Work                                 $313.32       $451.88
 
  Components by Type:
  Wage and Salary               15800       18895         $258.26       $357.58
  Proprietors                    4910        5236          $30.33        $58.92
    Farm                         1617        1393          -$0.39         $7.57
    Nonfarm                      3293        3843          $30.72        $51.35
 
  Components by Industry:
  Farm                           1965        1672           $1.62         $9.82
  Nonfarm                       18745       22459         $311.70       $442.06
    Private                     15160       18529         $245.45       $352.33
      Agric./For./Fish.           101         124           $0.85         $1.35
      Mining                       21          22           $1.11         $0.81
      Construction                780        1111          $14.05        $21.86
      Manufacturing              3924        4853          $93.48       $132.03
        Non-Durable Goods         ---         ---          $13.65        $29.53
        Durable Goods             ---         ---          $79.83       $102.51
      Transp. & Utilities         905         872          $25.74        $27.89
      Wholesale Trade             617         646          $13.68        $18.53
      Retail Trade               3474        4216          $32.49        $44.75
      Fin./Ins./Real Est.        1000        1039           $7.80        $12.13
      Services                   4338        5646          $56.26        $92.98
    Government                   3585        3930          $66.25        $89.73
      Federal                     156         163           $3.77         $4.63
      Military, Civilian          159         159           $0.88         $1.02
      State and Local            3270        3608          $61.61        $84.09
 
Earnings by Place of Residence                            $618.08       $775.69
 
Zero values indicate confidential information or fewer than 10 employees
or less than $50,000.
 
Per Capita Income:      1985:    $12,746.00      1990:    $15,763.00