26,105 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.3% since 2020)
416 square miles of land · 63 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
18 active community water systems list Charlevoix County in the area they serve, reporting 13,792 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| BOYNE CITY, CITY OF groundwater · local government · MI0000800 | 3,735 served |
| CHARLEVOIX surface water · local government · MI0001330 | 3,124 served |
| EAST JORDAN, CITY OF groundwater · local government · MI0001970 | 2,215 served |
| CHARLEVOIX TOWNSHIP groundwater · local government · MI0001335 | 1,700 served |
| BOYNE MOUNTAIN RESORT groundwater · private · MI0000815 | 950 served |
| WALLOON LAKE WATER SYSTEM groundwater · private · MI0006880 | 399 served |
| BOYNE FALLS, VILLAGE OF groundwater · local government · MI0000810 | 370 served |
| LAKE MICHIGAN HEIGHTS groundwater · private · MI0040106 | 270 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 49 people were held in Charlevoix County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 311 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2013 it was about 17.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
5 school districts have their office in Charlevoix County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $26 million — $20.1 million to run schools, about $15,521 per student, plus $5.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14 million local (mostly property tax), $8.6 million state, $1.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $19.5 million.
Spent $16.9 million — $14.4 million to run schools, about $17,818 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.5 million local (mostly property tax), $3 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $17.6 million.
Spent $15.1 million — $13.6 million to run schools, about $18,283 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.3 million local (mostly property tax), $5.8 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.1 million.
Spent $5.7 million — $4.4 million to run schools, about $22,601 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.6 million local (mostly property tax), $867,000 state, $637,000 federal. Long-term debt: $600,000.
Spent $2.9 million — $2.6 million to run schools, about $51,843 per student, plus $160,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.4 million local (mostly property tax), $672,000 state, $58,000 federal. Long-term debt: $2.2 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Charlevoix County about $8.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
18 bridges in Charlevoix County: 7 in good condition, 9 fair, and 2 poor (11.1%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| SPRINGVALE ROAD over BEAR RIVER · built 1950 | 1,280 vehicles a day |
| IRON BRIDGE ROAD over STURGEON RIVER · built 1900 | 3 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $5.1 million of work in Charlevoix County in fiscal 2025, about $197 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Michigan are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Charlevoix County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Charlevoix County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Emmet County (27 mi) · Mackinac County (40 mi) · Leelanau County (41 mi) · Schoolcraft County (42 mi) · Antrim County (46 mi) · Cheboygan County (52 mi).