LOCATION SERVICES Northeast Michigan Council of Govts. (NEMCOG) 121 East Mitchell P.O. Box 457 Gaylord, Michigan 49735 Contact: Jan Kellogg Phone: 517/732-3551 FAX: 517/732-5578 County Seat: Harrisville POPULATION 1970 Census 7113 1980 Census 9740 1990 Census 10145 2000 Census 11,719 LABOR FORCE (1992 average) Total Labor Force 4225 Employed 3575 Total Unemployment 675 Unemployment Rate 15.7% 3-Year Average 13.7% PRINCIPAL ECONOMIC BASE EMPLOYERS Firm Employees Product/Service Alcona Tool & Machine, Harrisville 38 Tools, dies Lincoln Precision Tool, Lincoln 30 Carbide tools Alcona Health Center 25 Health care Parts Mfg., Harrisville 22 Small parts Viking Energy, Lincoln 20 Electric power Magnum Tool, Harrisville 17 Cutting tools Klep, Harrisville 16 Machine design Northern Precision, Lincoln 16 Tool and die Bushey's Sawmill Spruce 15 Lumber pallets Huron Tool, Lincoln 15 Cutting tools Hillman Extrusion Tool, Lincoln 14 Tool and die Lincoln Industries, Lincoln 13 Metal stampings Collins Precision, Black River 10 Carbide tooling Ken, Harrisville 10 Tool and die Northeastern Window and Door 9 Windows, doors, hardware L and A Centerless Grinding 8 Centerless grinding Alcona Metal Products, Lincoln 7 Light machining Migatron Precision Products, Oscoda 5 Carbide grinding EARNING LEVELS Average Hourly Rate Classification Minimum Maximum Assembler - Light $4.87 $7.80 Clerk, General Office $4.75 $5.53 General Laborer $4.75 $7.80 Machine Operator $5.84 $10.39 Maintenance $4.75 $8.49 Maintenance Mechanic, Plant $6.75 $12.87 Millwright $6.11 $10.98 Receptionist $4.75 $5.84 Secretary $4.75 $6.49 Welder $5.84 $12.24 Source: Based on Consumers Power community survey, adjusted for inflation to 1991 using Consumer Price Index. DISTANCE TO: Miles Kilometers Chicago 400 643 Cleveland 370 595 Detroit 200 321 Indianapolis 490 788 Lansing 180 289 Toronto 440 707 TRANSPORTATION Main Highways: M-65, M-72, US-23 Bus Lines: Greyhound Truck Lines: 1 Rail Lines: Detroit & Mackinac Ports: None Airports: Alpena Airlines: Northwest CLIMATE As reported by weather station at East Tawas. January Average Minimum: 11 F./-12 C. Average Maximum: 29 F./ -2 C. July Average Minimum: 56 F./ 13 C. Average Maximum: 80 F./ 27 C. Growing Season: 131 days Days below 0 F or -18 C: 23 Average Annual Rainfall: 29 in./ 74 cm. Days above 90 F or 32 C: 6 Average Annual Snowfall: 50 in./127 cm. INDUSTRIAL SITES (As of January 1993) Community Sites Acres Hectares Industrial Parks Caledonia Twp. 1 0 0 0 Harrisville 5 40 16 1 Lincoln 1 0 0 0 COUNTY TOTAL 7 40 16 1 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: 81 $4.24 2 $0.01 3-Year Average: 89 $4.49 5 $0.10 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: 18 State Median: 68 Incorporation Rate: 177 State Median: 183 Incorporation Rate = incorporations per 100,000 population. PROPERTY TAX BASE (As of 1992) Agricultural Residential Industrial Commercial Other 8% 73% 5% 4% 10% County Total State Equalized Value: $306,070,032.00 County Average Tax Millage Rate (in 1991): 34.72 UTILITIES Electric Gas Telephone* Harrisville Consumers MichCon GTE & MI Bell, D Lincoln Consumers MichCon GTE, D * 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.) Harrisville Reservoir 1 1 4 3 52 Lincoln Wells Capacity and maximum use in hundreds of thousands of gallons/liters per day. SEWER Gallons Liters Type Capacity Load Capacity Load Harrisville Lagoons Lincoln Trench 0 0 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) Harrisville 517-724-6666 470 yes no 33,594 Lincoln 517-736-8713 337 yes yes 51,727 ------- Fire Department ------- Police Community Class. FT Paid PT/Volunt. (Full-Time) Solid Waste Harrisville 7 14 Yes Lincoln 9 15 Yes County Sheriff Officers: 14 Licensed Landfills in County: 0 Other communities in Alcona County (1990 population for incorporated communities in parenthesis): Alcona Twp. (906), Barton City, Black River, Caledonia Twp. (987), Curran, Curtis Twp. (1128), Curtisville, Glennie, Greenbush Twp. (1373), Gustin Twp. (823), Harrisville Twp. (1315), Hawes Twp. (1035), Haynes Twp. (549), Mikado Twp. (852), Millen Twp. (417), Mitchell Twp. (290), Spruce EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES (1992-1993) K-12 Instruc. High Community School District Students Staff Schools Lincoln Alcona Community 1076 53 1 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (As of Fall 1991) Name and Location Enrollment Alpena Community College, Alpena 2442 MEDICAL FACILITIES Hospitals in County: 0 Total Beds: 0 Nearest Large Medical Center: Alpena (30 miles) Extended Care Facilities: 2 Total Beds: 87 Physicians (MDs and DOs) in County: 7 HOUSING AND CHURCHES (Housing as of 1990) Owner occupied: 3683 (86.4%) Median Home Value: $48,200.00 Renter occupied: 578 (13.6%) Median Contract Rent: $244.00 Churches: Catholic: 4 Protestant: 16 Synagogues: 0 Nearest synagogue is in Alpena (32 miles) RECREATION, ATTRACTIONS, AND EVENTS Harrisville State Park; recreational harbor facilities in Harrisville on Lake Huron. Arts and Crafts Show, Harrisville (September). COMMERCIAL SERVICES (As of 1989) General Building Contractors 9 Metalworking Machinery 8 Commercial Printing 0 Advertising 0 Personnel Supply Services 0 Computer and Data Processing Services 0 Legal Services 2 Accounting, Auditing and Bookkeeping 1 Retail Establishments 64 Wholesale Establishments 2 Hotel/Motel Rooms (as of 1986): 94 Television Channels: 3 plus cable Radio Stations: 4 Newspapers: Alcona County Herald, Alcona County Review, Alpena News FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (As of 1993) Offices Main Office in County Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Hale Hale 1 First of America Bank-Northern Michigan Traverse City 2 EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS BY INDUSTRY Earnings Employment ($ millions) 1985 1990 1985 1990 Total Employment 2522 2553 Total Income $100.61 $133.23 Earnings by Place of Work $27.03 $34.82 Components by Type: Wage and Salary 1455 1470 $16.93 $21.47 Proprietors 1067 1083 $8.52 $11.39 Farm 335 290 $1.20 $2.16 Nonfarm 732 793 $7.32 $9.23 Components by Industry: Farm 380 326 $1.47 $2.47 Nonfarm 2142 2227 $25.56 $32.35 Private 1779 1851 $19.72 $24.54 Agric./For./Fish. 45 45 $0.47 $0.12 Mining Construction 94 150 $2.00 $3.19 Manufacturing 410 283 $5.68 $5.22 Non-Durable Goods --- --- $0.10 Durable Goods --- --- $5.58 Transp. & Utilities 42 36 $0.81 $0.64 Wholesale Trade 29 28 $0.37 $0.43 Retail Trade 497 549 $4.28 $6.58 Fin./Ins./Real Est. Services 529 633 $5.94 $8.30 Government 363 376 $5.84 $7.81 Federal 60 77 $1.17 $1.59 Military, Civilian 23 24 $0.12 $0.15 State and Local 280 275 $4.55 $6.06 Earnings by Place of Residence $40.13 $52.72 Zero values indicate confidential information or fewer than 10 employees or less than $50,000. Per Capita Income: 1985: $10,342.00 1990: $13,083.00 County Economic Profiles are prepared for the Michigan Department of Commerce (phone: 517/373-9808) by the Industrial Development Division, Office of Tech- nology Transfer (OTT/IDD), The University of Michigan (phone: 313/764-5260). Profiles are updated throughout the year. A list of data sources is avail- able from IDD. Revisions and corrections may be sent to IDD by electronic mail (All-in-1 ID: UNIVMICH), U.S. mail (2200 Bonisteel Blvd., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2099), phone, or FAX (313/747-0036).
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