Belding, Michigan Zip Code, Radio Stations, Crime Rate, Weather Forecast, Area Code

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Population (year 2000): 5,877. Estimated population in July 2006: 5,870 (-0.1% change)
 
Males: 2,784   (47.4%)
Females: 3,093   (52.6%)

Ionia County

Median resident age:   32.3 years
Michigan median age:   35.5 years

Zip codes: 48809 .

Estimated median household income in 2005: $32,700 (it was $32,878 in 2000)
Belding   $32,700
Michigan:   $46,039

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $112,000 (it was $86,300 in 2000)
Belding   $112,000
Michigan:   $149,300

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Belding, MI residents, houses, and apartments details

 

Races in Belding:

  • White Non-Hispanic (94.6%)
  • Hispanic (3.0%)
  • Two or more races (1.5%)
  • American Indian (1.4%)
  • Other race (0.6%)


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Ancestries: German (25.8%), Irish (12.0%), English (10.9%), United States (10.7%), Dutch (7.2%), French (4.9%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 770 feet

Land area: 4.72 square miles.

Population density: 1247 people per square mile 
 
 (low).




Belding

For population 25 years and over in Belding

  • High school or higher: 74.7%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.8%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.6%
  • Unemployed: 5.8%
  • Mean travel time to work: 28.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Belding city

  • Never married: 25.6%
  • Now married: 50.7%
  • Separated: 1.6%
  • Widowed: 8.7%
  • Divorced: 13.3%

49 residents are foreign born

This city:   0.8%
Michigan:   5.3%



According to our research there were 42 registered sex offenders living in Belding, Michigan in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Belding to the number of sex offenders is 140 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Belding:   1.2% ($1,058)
Michigan:   1.3% ($1,461)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Grand Rapids, MI (30.9 miles , pop. 197,800).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Fort Wayne, IN (139.8 miles , pop. 205,727).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (189.3 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Greenville, MI (5.9 miles ), Saranac, MI (11.6 miles ), Sheridan, MI (13.5 miles ), Lowell, MI (13.6 miles ), Ionia, MI (13.8 miles ), Stanton, MI (17.1 miles ), Clarksville, MI (17.7 miles ), Forest Hills, MI (20.7 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 9 buildings, average cost: $81,800
  • 1997: 14 buildings, average cost: $95,300
  • 1998: 11 buildings, average cost: $86,700
  • 1999: 13 buildings, average cost: $83,200
  • 2000: 8 buildings, average cost: $81,900
  • 2001: 16 buildings, average cost: $96,300
  • 2002: 26 buildings, average cost: $78,700
  • 2003: 6 buildings, average cost: $136,200
  • 2004: 31 buildings, average cost: $86,200
  • 2005: 16 buildings, average cost: $111,500
  • 2006: 9 buildings, average cost: $170,400

Number of permits per 10,000 residents


Average cost (in 1000s)


Latitude: 43.10 N, Longitude: 85.23 W

Daytime population change due to commuting: -10 (-0.2%)
Workers who live and work in this city: 681 (26.3%)


People in group quarters in Belding
  • 176 people in nursing homes
  • 20 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 10 people in other group homes

Area code: 616

Belding, Michigan business and economic data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...


Population change in the 1990s: -24 (-0.4%).


Historical population


Historical housing units



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (12%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (8%)
  • Machinery (6%)
  • Food (6%)
  • Metal and metal products (6%)
  • Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
  • Transportation equipment (5%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (14%)
  • Finance and insurance (8%)
  • Educational services (7%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Metal and metal products (4%)
  • Social assistance (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)



 

Crime in Belding by Year

Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 0 0 0 0 0 0
    per 100,000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rapes 6 6 7 3 5 2
    per 100,000 101.6 101.0 120.3 51.1 85.1 34.0
Robberies 0 2 0 0 0 1
    per 100,000 0.0 33.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.0
Assaults 28 15 3 21 18 13
    per 100,000 473.9 252.4 51.6 357.7 306.4 221.1
Burglaries 30 37 29 33 23 40
    per 100,000 507.8 622.6 498.5 562.1 391.5 680.3
Thefts 229 212 202 204 194 266
    per 100,000 3876.1 3567.2 3472.0 3474.7 3302.1 4523.8
Auto thefts 3 12 7 6 6 7
    per 100,000 50.8 201.9 120.3 102.2 102.1 119.0
Arson 0 0 0 1 0 2
    per 100,000 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.0 0.0 34.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 239.8) 370.7 343.8 290.0 298.9 297.0 314.6

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 10 (8 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:   1.36
US city average:   3.00

Average climate in Belding, Michigan

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

Belding-area historical tornado activity is near Michigan state average. It is 32% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/3/1956, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 16.5 miles away from the Belding city center killed 18 people and injured 340 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 4/11/1965, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 16.7 miles away from the city center killed 5 people and injured 142 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


Hospitals/medical centers near Belding:
  • UNITED MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; GREENVILLE, MI)
  • IONIA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; IONIA, MI)
  • SHERIDAN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; SHERIDAN, MI)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Belding:
  • GERALD R. FORD INTERNATIONAL (about 26 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; ID: GRR)
  • CAPITAL CITY (about 51 miles; LANSING, MI; ID: LAN)
  • W K KELLOGG (about 55 miles; BATTLE CREEK, MI; ID: BTL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Belding:
  • GREENVILLE MUNI (about 3 miles; GREENVILLE, MI; ID: 6D6)
  • LOWELL CITY (about 13 miles; LOWELL, MI; ID: 24C)
  • IONIA COUNTY (about 17 miles; IONIA, MI; ID: Y70)

Local government website: www.ci.belding.mi.us
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Belding:
  • CALVIN COLLEGE (about 25 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Full-time enrollment: 4,148)
  • AQUINAS COLLEGE (about 29 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; FT enrollment: 2,022)
  • GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 31 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; FT enrollment: 7,590)
  • FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 42 miles; BIG RAPIDS, MI; FT enrollment: 8,593)
  • CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (about 42 miles; MT PLEASANT, MI; FT enrollment: 21,353)
  • GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 50 miles; ALLENDALE, MI; FT enrollment: 15,124)
  • KELLOGG COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 51 miles; BATTLE CREEK, MI; FT enrollment: 2,824)
Public high schools in Belding:
  • BELDING HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 736; Location: 850 HALL STREET; Grades: 08 - 12)
  • BELDING COMM., ADULT & ALT. ED. (Students: 63; Location: 300 COVERED VILLAGE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public elementary/middle schools in Belding:
  • BELDING MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 591; Location: 410 IONIA STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
  • WOODVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 441; Location: 450 ORCHARD STREET; Grades: KG - 05)
  • ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 322; Location: 100 W. ELLIS AVENUE; Grades: KG - 05)
  • ORCHARD HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 293; Location: 1975 ORCHARD STREET; Grades: KG - 05)
  • GRATTAN ACADEMY (Students: 125; Location: 12047 OLD BELDING ROAD; Grades: KG - 08)
  • ELLIS PRE-K PROGRAMS (Students: 54; Location: 100 W ELLIS AVE; Grades: PK - PK)
Private elementary/middle schools in Belding:
  • ST JOSEPH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 61; Location: 417 SOUTH BRIDGE; Grades: KG - 6)
  • FAITH CMTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 61; Location: 8750 STOREY ROAD; Grades: KG - 6)
Library in Belding:
  • ALVAH N. BELDING MEMORIAL LIBRARY (Operating income: $408,547; Location: 302 EAST MAIN STREET; 44,935 books; 1,961 audio materials; 1,182 video materials; 75 serial subscriptions)

Cemetery: River Ridge Cemetery (1) .

Hotels: Candlestone Inn (8100 Storey Road), Candlestone Golf & Resort (8100 Storey Road).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Belding and their reported violations in the past:

ST MARYS MIRIAM CATHOLIC CHURC (Population served: 160, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 4 routine major monitoring violations
  • One regular monitoring violation
SMYRNA BIBLE CHURCH (Population served: 125, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 3 routine major monitoring violations
GREEN CORNERS BAPTIST CHURCH (Population served: 75, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 7 routine major monitoring violations
  • 2 regular monitoring violations
NEW HOPE CHURCH OF GOD (Population served: 60, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One routine major monitoring violation
  • One regular monitoring violation
H AND W FARMS - AG LABOR (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 3 routine major monitoring violations
  • One regular monitoring violation
Drinking water stations with addresses in Belding that have no violations reported:
  • BELDING (Population served: 5877, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • OAKWOOD CHRISTIAN REFORMED CH (Population served: 313, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • WILLOW LAWN RESORT (Population served: 65, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This city:   2.6 people
Michigan:   2.6 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:   67.3%
Whole state:   68.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:   8.8%
Whole state:   5.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:   16.3%
Whole state:   10.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:   4.8%
Whole state:   4.8%

Belding compared to Michigan state average:

  • Median age below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
Banks with branches in Belding (2007 data):
  • Independent Bank-West Michigan: Belding Branch at 130 South Bridge Street, branch established on 2005-05-02; Belding Drive In at 310 West Main Street, branch established on 2005-05-02. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $780.4 mil, Deposits: $670.9 mil, headquarters in Grand Rapids, MI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 25 total offices, Holding Company: Independent Bank Corporation
  • The Ionia County National Bank of Ionia: Belding Downtown Branch at 105 South Pearl, branch established on 2000-02-14; Supermarket Branch at 150 South Pearl Street, branch established on 2000-02-14. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $234.6 mil, Deposits: $179.3 mil, headquarters in Ionia, MI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 11 total offices, Holding Company: Icnb Financial Corporation
  • Chemical Bank: Belding Branch at 102 West Main Street, branch established on 1889-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $3,781.3 mil, Deposits: $2,898.3 mil, headquarters in Midland, MI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 127 total offices, Holding Company: Chemical Financial Corporation



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School Enrollment by Level of School



2004 Presidential Election results in Ionia County Michigan:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:



Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Transit 4 $8,721 $26,163 7 $3,930
Water Supply 1 $3,058 $36,696 0 $0
Parks and Recreation 4 $13,319 $39,957 0 $0
Solid Waste Management 1 $3,058 $36,696 0 $0
Health 5 $12,082 $28,997 11 $7,125
Firefighters 4 $14,114 $42,342 19 $3,197
Financial Administration 3 $9,026 $36,104 0 $0
Other Government Administration 3 $11,092 $44,368 0 $0
Police Protection - Officers 9 $31,299 $41,732 2 $675
Police - Other 1 $1,968 $23,616 0 $0
Streets and Highways 4 $13,319 $39,957 1 $1,514
Other and Unallocable 7 $20,413 $34,994 0 $0
Local Libraries 4 $9,066 $27,198 2 $1,315
Totals for Government 50 $150,537 $36,129 42 $17,756


Belding government finances in 2002:
  • Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $114,000
  • Charges - All Other: $641,000
    Sewerage: $578,000
    Housing & Community Development: $385,000
  • Current Operations - General - Other: $795,000
    Police Protection: $788,000
    Housing & Community Development: $603,000
    Water Utilities: $552,000
    Sewerage: $514,000
    Fire Protection: $437,000
    Regular Highways: $426,000
    Libraries: $302,000
    Transit Utilities: $297,000
    Central Staff Services: $257,000
    Financial Administration: $168,000
    Parks & Recreation: $128,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $405,000
    All Other: $254,000
    Transit Utilities: $30,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $298,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $88,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $4,790,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $4,585,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $205,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $487,000
    Interest Earnings: $187,000
    Special Assessments: $24,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Parks & Recreation: $1,523,000
    Libraries: $57,000
    General - Other: $13,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,081,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $545,000
    Transit Utilities: $84,000
  • Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $1,000
  • State Intergovernmental - General Support: $873,000
    Highways: $419,000
    Transit Utilities: $122,000
    Water Utilities: $112,000
  • Tax - Property: $1,430,000
    NEC: $6,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $2,235,000

6.00% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,402 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   6.00%
Michigan average:   5.24%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Kent County, MI  1.63% ($30,790 average AGI)
from Montcalm County, MI  0.89% ($26,582)
from Ingham County, MI  0.47% ($38,097)


6.66% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,003 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   6.66%
Michigan average:   5.98%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Kent County, MI  1.71% ($31,663 average AGI)
to Montcalm County, MI  0.98% ($26,953)
to Eaton County, MI  0.47% ($31,505)


Strongest AM radio stations in Belding:
  • WSCG (1380 AM; 1 kW; GREENVILLE, MI; Owner: STAFFORD BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
  • WION (1430 AM; 5 kW; IONIA, MI; Owner: AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE GROUP, INC.)
  • WOOD (1300 AM; 20 kW; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WJNZ (1140 AM; daytime; 5 kW; KENTWOOD, MI; Owner: GOODRICH RADIO, LLC)
  • WOAP (1080 AM; 50 kW; OWOSSO, MI)
  • WMJH (810 AM; daytime; 4 kW; ROCKFORD, MI)
  • WTCM (580 AM; 35 kW; TRAVERSE CITY, MI; Owner: WTCM RADIO, INC.)
  • WLDR (1210 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KINGSLEY, MI; Owner: FORT BEND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WGVU (1480 AM; 5 kW; KENTWOOD, MI; Owner: GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY B OF C)
  • WKAR (870 AM; daytime; 10 kW; EAST LANSING, MI; Owner: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • WJR (760 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WFDF (910 AM; 50 kW; FLINT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WKZO (590 AM; 5 kW; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: FAIRFIELD BROADCASTING COMPANY)

Strongest FM radio stations in Belding:
  • WODJ (107.3 FM; GREENVILLE, MI; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WBFX (101.3 FM; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WOOD-FM (105.7 FM; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WLAV-FM (96.9 FM; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WVGR (104.1 FM; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN)
  • WBCT (93.7 FM; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WSCG-FM (106.3 FM; LAKEVIEW, MI; Owner: STAFFORD BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
  • WLHT-FM (95.7 FM; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF GRAND RAPIDS, INC.)
  • WBLU-FM (88.9 FM; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: BLUE LAKE FINE ARTS CAMP)

TV broadcast stations around Belding:
  • WZPX (Channel 43; BATTLE CREEK, MI; Owner: PAXSON BATTLE CREEK LICENSE, INC.)
  • WWMT (Channel 3; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: FREEDOM BROADCASTING OF MICHIGAN, INC.)
  • WXMI (Channel 17; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WOOD-TV (Channel 8; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: WOOD LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
  • WLLA (Channel 64; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: CHRISTIAN FAITH BROADCAST, INC.)
  • WCMU-TV (Channel 14; MOUNT PLEASANT, MI; Owner: CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY)
  • WOTV (Channel 41; BATTLE CREEK, MI; Owner: WOOD LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
  • WOHO-CA (Channel 33; HOLLAND, MI; Owner: WOOD LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
  • W19BA (Channel 19; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WOGC-CA (Channel 25; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: WOOD LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)

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