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The waiting list is the policy / Michigan

Michigan

Full

Every county in Michigan

83 counties

Ranked by units under contract. 74 of 83 publish a wait figure; the rest are suppressed (fewer than 11 families), missing, or non-reporting, and are shown as "no data" rather than as a zero.

County Units Households Wait (mo, those admitted) ELI need met
Wayne County 44,813 38,200 26 37.3%
Oakland County 11,942 10,273 27 30.4%
Kent County 11,547 10,258 35 45.4%
Macomb County 9,446 8,312 36 32.7%
Washtenaw County 6,377 5,457 33 26.6%
Genesee County 6,328 5,264 39 33.4%
Ingham County 6,253 5,432 16 31.3%
Kalamazoo County 4,184 3,875 40 31%
Saginaw County 4,100 3,729 11 45.8%
Berrien County 3,055 2,664 26 40.6%
Muskegon County 2,580 2,232 18 43.1%
Jackson County 2,578 2,232 18 44.4%
St. Clair County 2,388 2,142 20 41.9%
Calhoun County 2,130 1,881 57 35.6%
Bay County 1,854 1,731 24 35.7%
Monroe County 1,706 1,580 23 32.8%
Marquette County 1,243 1,130 38 34.2%
Ottawa County 1,131 1,040 58 17.9%
Eaton County 1,027 939 8 31.9%
Midland County 906 841 15 33.1%
Lapeer County 828 740 27 36.5%
Ionia County 772 690 20 45.3%
Grand Traverse County 742 639 41 24.4%
Delta County 737 678 31 35.8%
Houghton County 701 653 27 28.1%
Allegan County 697 634 34 37.6%
Isabella County 673 624 33 14.8%
Montcalm County 667 511 38 36%
Gratiot County 655 572 43 44%
Chippewa County 615 571 2 36.3%
Mecosta County 596 540 37 32%
St. Joseph County 575 519 7 27.5%
Lenawee County 571 526 28 23%
Wexford County 571 542 21 52.2%
Alpena County 514 495 15 41.6%
Menominee County 513 463 2 59%
Van Buren County 503 453 29 18.2%
Hillsdale County 478 448 3 36.1%
Shiawassee County 433 400 22 22.8%
Cass County 429 379 101 24.9%
Livingston County 418 372 37 16.3%
Iron County 387 255 34 77.8%
Clinton County 386 348 13 18.6%
Gogebic County 356 340 24 47.6%
Dickinson County 332 317 39 32.4%
Mason County 327 305 4 39.4%
Clare County 306 271 32 28.8%
Osceola County 298 255 51 34.7%
Branch County 293 268 25 29.7%
Gladwin County 286 261 19 36.4%
Huron County 271 259 47 31.4%
Charlevoix County 268 242 25 33.7%
Manistee County 266 246 24 40.5%
Otsego County 262 230 30 39.3%
Cheboygan County 257 193 35 29.4%
Iosco County 253 224 9 28.8%
Lake County 251 232 3 59.6%
Sanilac County 249 226 10 20.9%
Emmet County 232 208 11 26.6%
Newaygo County 223 200 13 17.4%
Schoolcraft County 223 170 13 36.3%
Presque Isle County 200 177 no data 50.5%
Tuscola County 193 181 25 18.5%
Barry County 184 175 16 14.4%
Roscommon County 158 131 16 16.8%
Luce County 152 92 68 46%
Oceana County 142 125 78 26.6%
Crawford County 138 128 24 28.8%
Alger County 121 102 43 62.4%
Baraga County 121 104 no data 25.1%
Ogemaw County 113 102 no data 18%
Ontonagon County 103 94 10 72.9%
Kalkaska County 99 93 no data 17.4%
Benzie County 75 69 5 33.3%
Oscoda County 75 63 no data 52%
Arenac County 69 54 no data 13.6%
Mackinac County 69 65 14 11.2%
Montmorency County 57 49 2 21.6%
Antrim County 52 47 27 14.7%
Alcona County 38 27 no data 15.2%
Missaukee County 34 30 259 10.9%
Leelanau County 28 24 no data 10%
Keweenaw County 2 0 no data no data

The wait is the time households who were admitted spent waiting. Everyone still on a list is absent from HUD's file entirely, so the real wait is longer than any figure here. Need is from HUD CHAS (2017-2021 ACS); supply is from the HUD Picture file (2025). See the methodology.


Generated 2026-07-13 02:52 UTC

Source: HUD Picture of Subsidized Households (2025 snapshot, 2009-2025 trend) joined to HUD CHAS 2017-2021 ACS for the eligible-household denominator