177,428 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.5% since 2020)
504 square miles of land · 352 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.
24 active community water systems list Muskegon County in the area they serve, reporting 113,189 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MUSKEGON surface water · local government · MI0004570 | 37,213 served |
| NORTON SHORES buys surface water · local government · MI0004850 | 23,994 served |
| MUSKEGON HEIGHTS surface water · local government · MI0004580 | 9,917 served |
| FRUITPORT TOWNSHIP buys surface water · local government · MI0002507 | 9,355 served |
| MUSKEGON CO EASTSIDE WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · local government · MI0004590 | 7,135 served |
| MUSK CO NORTHSIDE WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · local government · MI0004577 | 5,133 served |
| ROOSEVELT PARK buys surface water · local government · MI0005800 | 4,172 served |
| NORTH MUSKEGON buys surface water · local government · MI0004780 | 3,786 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 326 people were held in Muskegon County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 294 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 504.
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.
11 school districts have their office in Muskegon County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $81.2 million — $55.4 million to run schools, about $14,290 per student, plus $20.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $20.1 million local (mostly property tax), $43.2 million state, $4 million federal. Long-term debt: $79.3 million.
Spent $52.3 million — $48.1 million to run schools, about $13,476 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.6 million local (mostly property tax), $41.1 million state, $4.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $119 million.
Spent $106 million — $63.9 million to run schools, about $19,051 per student, plus $36.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18.5 million local (mostly property tax), $36.6 million state, $21.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $103.1 million.
Spent $48.9 million — $39.6 million to run schools, about $14,800 per student, plus $4.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.4 million local (mostly property tax), $29.8 million state, $3.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $60.2 million.
Spent $40.3 million — $34.8 million to run schools, about $16,017 per student, plus $907,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.8 million local (mostly property tax), $25.2 million state, $5.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $29.1 million.
Spent $38.3 million — $32.6 million to run schools, about $16,637 per student, plus $974,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.1 million local (mostly property tax), $21.9 million state, $3.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $22.7 million.
Spent $32.1 million — $26.3 million to run schools, about $13,976 per student, plus $3.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.1 million local (mostly property tax), $22.4 million state, $4.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $30.7 million.
Spent $23.9 million — $20.2 million to run schools, about $14,963 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.2 million local (mostly property tax), $13.8 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $40.5 million.
And 3 more.
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: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Muskegon County about $27.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
143 bridges in Muskegon County: 28 in good condition, 99 fair, and 16 poor (11.2%). “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.
| US-31BR over WHITE RIVER · built 1986 | 8,531 vehicles a day |
| M-46 over CROCKERY CREEK · built 1958 | 5,976 vehicles a day |
| WHITE LAKE DRIVE over US-31 SB · built 1964 | 3,898 vehicles a day |
| WHITE LAKE DRIVE over US-31 NB · built 1964 | 3,898 vehicles a day |
| AMITY ST over C O RAILROAD · built 1900 | 1,972 vehicles a day |
| RYERSON ROAD over CEDAR CREEK · built 1940 | 1,800 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $131.7 million of work in Muskegon County in fiscal 2025, about $749 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 Muskegon 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 Muskegon County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Oceana County (12 mi) · Ottawa County (28 mi) · Newaygo County (33 mi) · Mason County (36 mi) · Lake County (50 mi) · Kent County (52 mi).