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PantryPath Research · Senior Hunger Atlas

Senior Food Insecurity in
Michigan

Michigan's senior poverty rate is 9.3%, and 28.4% of seniors 65+ live alone — across 83 counties. Use the interactive map to see how senior food-insecurity risk varies within the state.

9.3%

Senior poverty (65+)

28.4%

Seniors living alone

36.3%

Senior SNAP take-up

$54,099

Senior median income

Michigan by county

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Michigan at a glance

Seniors in poverty

166K

Ages 65+

Senior poverty rate

9.3%

Ages 65+

Living alone

28.4%

1-person HH, 65+

Senior SNAP

36.3%

HH with 60+ member

Senior median income

$54,099

Householder 65+

Isolation index

0.38

Blended 0–1

County-level hotspots

Top five counties across 83 counties in Michigan.

Highest senior poverty

Ages 65+, rate

  1. 1 Clare 14.3%
  2. 2 Iosco 13.8%
  3. 3 Wayne 13.7%
  4. 4 Lake 13.4%
  5. 5 Iron 13.3%

Most seniors living alone

1-person HH, 65+

  1. 1 Ingham 33.8%
  2. 2 Wayne 32.6%
  3. 3 Gogebic 31.9%
  4. 4 Baraga 31.8%
  5. 5 Bay 31.4%

Largest senior population

Absolute count, 65+

  1. 1 Wayne 281K
  2. 2 Oakland 224K
  3. 3 Macomb 153K
  4. 4 Kent 93K
  5. 5 Genesee 73K

Every county in Michigan

All 83 counties across the five senior-hunger metrics plus senior population counts.

County Senior poverty Living alone Senior SNAP Senior income Seniors (count) Isolation idx
Alcona 8.1% 26.4% 44.6% $50,636 3,687 0.31
Alger 7.9% 22.5% 35.5% $46,897 2,246 0.21
Allegan 5.7% 20.9% 33.1% $56,190 21,028 0.13
Alpena 11.0% 28.4% 36.5% $44,191 6,887 0.42
Antrim 6.0% 24.3% 45.6% $58,618 6,662 0.21
Arenac 8.2% 27.3% 39.2% $48,710 3,912 0.33
Baraga 11.1% 31.8% 44.5% $36,161 1,791 0.50
Barry 6.8% 24.4% 33.4% $56,321 11,835 0.23
Bay 10.2% 31.4% 40.2% $45,420 21,532 0.47
Benzie 8.4% 21.8% 58.5% $59,195 4,926 0.21
Berrien 9.5% 27.3% 33.9% $51,781 31,367 0.36
Branch 10.7% 27.7% 35.4% $48,286 8,060 0.39
Calhoun 11.2% 29.7% 39.8% $46,434 23,726 0.45
Cass 8.5% 24.3% 28.8% $51,900 11,248 0.27
Charlevoix 7.5% 22.2% 36.4% $63,861 6,717 0.20
Cheboygan 7.0% 24.1% 42.3% $58,322 7,218 0.23
Chippewa 10.2% 29.0% 29.1% $53,948 6,783 0.41
Clare 14.3% 28.5% 44.3% $44,931 7,576 0.50
Clinton 6.2% 24.5% 27.6% $60,823 14,052 0.22
Crawford 10.2% 25.5% 44.1% $57,457 3,448 0.33
Delta 13.2% 29.4% 52.4% $41,604 9,172 0.49
Dickinson 8.3% 31.4% 39.2% $48,010 5,995 0.42
Eaton 7.0% 27.4% 33.0% $58,351 20,963 0.30
Emmet 7.6% 21.6% 47.5% $60,985 8,106 0.19
Genesee 9.6% 30.6% 32.2% $51,609 72,945 0.44
Gladwin 10.1% 27.0% 42.2% $45,633 6,782 0.37
Gogebic 12.4% 31.9% 35.9% $41,000 3,938 0.53
Grand Traverse 6.1% 27.4% 43.6% $59,488 19,962 0.28
Gratiot 8.4% 25.1% 35.1% $43,008 6,595 0.28
Hillsdale 9.2% 27.2% 44.5% $48,597 9,305 0.35
Houghton 7.9% 30.6% 24.5% $49,046 6,332 0.40
Huron 10.0% 28.9% 35.0% $44,240 8,088 0.41
Ingham 8.1% 33.8% 30.5% $58,776 40,227 0.48
Ionia 10.3% 23.6% 39.5% $53,102 10,001 0.29
Iosco 13.8% 31.1% 44.9% $38,492 7,586 0.54
Iron 13.3% 29.8% 41.7% $40,259 3,415 0.50
Isabella 9.8% 28.5% 31.7% $49,138 8,632 0.39
Jackson 7.8% 26.3% 32.4% $52,121 28,895 0.30
Kalamazoo 8.0% 27.6% 26.6% $58,138 40,391 0.33
Kalkaska 8.3% 30.6% 40.2% $48,367 3,800 0.41
Kent 9.0% 27.2% 33.6% $54,679 92,856 0.35
Keweenaw 4.6% 24.0% 32.1% $51,250 758 0.17
Lake 13.4% 27.3% 59.1% $42,944 3,239 0.45
Lapeer 6.6% 22.9% 37.2% $56,280 16,977 0.19
Leelanau 6.0% 21.6% 38.6% $79,769 7,360 0.15
Lenawee 7.9% 26.4% 35.9% $53,041 19,026 0.30
Livingston 5.2% 21.8% 37.3% $65,647 36,653 0.14
Luce 12.0% 23.7% 46.4% $44,615 1,375 0.33
Mackinac 8.2% 23.6% 28.6% $52,500 3,111 0.25
Macomb 8.6% 30.2% 39.3% $55,326 153,334 0.40
Manistee 7.6% 25.3% 45.2% $49,309 6,719 0.27
Marquette 8.5% 27.1% 32.2% $57,398 12,798 0.33
Mason 9.9% 28.6% 43.4% $50,048 7,288 0.40
Mecosta 9.3% 26.4% 35.3% $50,017 7,998 0.33
Menominee 11.1% 28.4% 43.3% $40,771 5,929 0.42
Midland 9.1% 28.1% 33.8% $58,571 16,086 0.37
Missaukee 9.4% 24.4% 39.2% $46,168 3,159 0.29
Monroe 7.3% 27.9% 36.4% $53,842 29,466 0.32
Montcalm 8.9% 22.2% 38.8% $47,353 11,532 0.23
Montmorency 10.9% 26.2% 42.1% $45,725 3,053 0.37
Muskegon 9.1% 26.6% 34.0% $47,899 30,672 0.33
Newaygo 10.4% 22.6% 41.8% $46,453 9,978 0.27
Oakland 8.2% 29.4% 43.1% $65,958 223,869 0.38
Oceana 9.6% 22.8% 36.2% $52,527 5,728 0.26
Ogemaw 9.9% 22.8% 41.1% $44,491 5,518 0.27
Ontonagon 9.2% 25.1% 49.9% $45,513 2,191 0.30
Osceola 12.3% 23.1% 41.2% $46,597 4,983 0.33
Oscoda 12.4% 27.3% 41.1% $40,320 2,342 0.43
Otsego 8.5% 23.8% 42.1% $54,150 5,401 0.26
Ottawa 6.5% 23.0% 34.5% $59,207 47,434 0.19
Presque Isle 8.3% 25.9% 43.5% $50,451 4,281 0.30
Roscommon 8.5% 26.9% 41.0% $49,904 7,889 0.33
Saginaw 10.7% 30.8% 33.3% $48,734 36,588 0.47
Sanilac 9.3% 27.9% 40.8% $44,537 8,992 0.37
Schoolcraft 9.1% 29.2% 39.5% $44,975 2,232 0.39
Shiawassee 6.9% 28.3% 34.8% $50,544 12,970 0.32
St. Clair 7.9% 27.1% 33.5% $51,911 31,024 0.32
St. Joseph 8.7% 28.2% 33.3% $46,993 11,016 0.36
Tuscola 10.2% 27.2% 37.6% $48,380 11,166 0.37
Van Buren 11.5% 25.6% 37.9% $49,085 14,376 0.37
Washtenaw 5.9% 26.8% 31.4% $77,448 55,008 0.27
Wayne 13.7% 32.6% 35.9% $47,920 280,824 0.57
Wexford 9.2% 26.8% 43.4% $44,897 6,585 0.34

Senior food help in Michigan

SNAP, CSFP senior boxes, Meals on Wheels, and senior-specific pantry programs.

Seniors Resource Guide

Michigan senior SNAP

Senior-specific SNAP rules, how to apply in Michigan, and benefit amounts.

Michigan SNAP guide

Find a food pantry

Search Michigan's verified pantries — many serve seniors with home delivery or box programs.

Michigan food pantries