Lapeer County, Michigan

• Income gap: Households earn meaningfully less than the national median, which directly affects retail demand, housing absorption, and tax base.
• Talent gap: Bachelor's-or-higher attainment trails the national average by 15.3 pts, relevant for advanced-services attraction strategy.
• Aging population: Median age of 45 is materially above the U.S. norm; succession planning and senior-services demand are real factors.

• Largest sector: Manufacturing employs 4,738 workers (29.1% of the top displayed sectors), at an average wage of $59,165.
• Wage stratification: Wholesale Trade averages $132,205 while Accommodation and Food Services averages $21,115, a 6.3x spread in the same local economy, with implications for workforce development and talent strategy.

• Top specialization: Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing concentrates at 5.49x the national norm, top-decile concentration, the kind of signature sector that defines a region's economic identity to site selectors.
• Cluster depth: 10 sub-sectors register LQ ≥ 1.5, suggesting an interconnected industrial base rather than reliance on a single employer or sector.
• Attraction whitespace: 8 sub-sectors register LQ < 0.5, candidates for diversification or recruitment depending on labor-market fit.

• In line with national: Home value to income ratio of 3.1x sits near the ~4.1x national average; affordability is neither a clear advantage nor a recruitment friction.
• High home ownership: 86.0% owner-occupied; rental supply may be tight for incoming workers.

• Succession risk is real: 27.4% of working-age residents are 55-64. Plan for retirements over the next decade and pair attraction strategy with talent retention.
• Strong participation: 81.9% labor force participation among working-age residents indicates an engaged, available workforce.
• Talent pipeline: 6 local institutions feed the workforce; the top three combined produce 35,780 annual credentials.

Lapeer County shows strong potential for fabricated metal product manufacturing attraction, with a 5.49x concentration and 1,119 jobs in this sub-sector, it ranks in the top decile nationally. Near-term succession risk is elevated, with 27.4% of the working-age population within 10 years of retirement age.

The interconnected base across fabricated metal product manufacturing, plastics and rubber products manufacturing, and transportation equipment manufacturing creates supply-chain attraction leverage rather than single-employer risk, a structural advantage for industrial recruitment.

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