Pay and cost of living in Montcalm County, MI
Across the 16 occupations we cover in Montcalm County, MI, the middle median salary is $39,775 a year. Pay runs from $28,240 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $101,720 for General and Operations Managers, a spread of $73,480. Wages come from the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Montcalm County, MI has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,001 a month and a two-bedroom $1,181. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $19,339 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $38,332 a year, and every one of the 16 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Open any occupation below for its full payslip, the tax breakdown, the rent comparison and a plain-English explanation of what is left after the basics. Every figure uses the same method, so results are comparable from one job and one county to the next.
Housing, taxes and commute in Montcalm County, MI
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Montcalm County, MI, set beside the Michigan and national medians.
Median household income in Montcalm County, MI is $67,344, 8% below the Michigan median of $72,875 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($12,012) equals 17.8% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $39,775, is 41% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Montcalm County, MI pay a median of $1,876 a year in real estate taxes, 35% below the Michigan median of $2,904. With a median home value of $185,500, 20% below the Michigan median of $231,600, the ratio of the two medians is 1.01% a year.
Renters in Montcalm County, MI pay a median gross rent of $869 a month in the Census survey, 23% below the Michigan median of $1,129. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,001; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Montcalm County, MI who travel to a workplace spend an average of 30.7 minutes each way, 27% above the Michigan average of 24.2. 6.9% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.