Mason County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends
(lower is better)
AQI
Ozone
PM2.5
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 24.9. This is better than average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 6.29. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 24.7 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Custer and their reported violations in the past:
JOHNNY'S (Population served: 200, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JUL-2000 and SEP-2000, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (SEP-14-2000), St Public Notif received (SEP-15-2000), St Public Notif requested (SEP-15-2000), St Tech Assistance Visit (SEP-15-2000), St Unresolved (OCT-06-2000), St Compliance achieved (DEC-12-2000)
Past monitoring violations:
- 2 routine major monitoring violations
- 2 regular monitoring violations
PIONEER PARTY STORE (Population served: 26, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- 2 routine major monitoring violations
- 2 regular monitoring violations
VFW GOLD BAR POST 5096 (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One regular monitoring violation
Drinking water stations with addresses in Custer that have no violations reported:
- WHISKEY CREEK RECREATIONS INC (Population served: 775, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- WHISKEY CREEK (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 7.3%
(7.4% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents)
Average household size:
| This village: |  2.6 people | | Michigan: |  2.4 people |
| This village: | 65.5% | | Whole state: | 67.0% |
| This village: | 5.1% | | Whole state: | 5.3% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Custer, MI
7 people in nursing homes
Custer compared to Michigan state average:
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Wood (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Electricity (2%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Mason County Michigan:
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Religion statistics for Custer (based on Mason County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 38.64%
| Here | | 38.6% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | Lutheran Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | United Methodist Church | Additional (Not in any CCC Body) Congregational Christian Churches |
|---|
| Adherents | 37.9% | 10.4% | 9.9% | 9.8% | 6.8% |
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| Congregations | 17.1% | 7.3% | 7.3% | 12.2% | 2.4% |
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| Name | Baptist General Conference | Reformed Church in America | Evangelical Free Church of America | Church of the Nazarene | Other |
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| Adherents | 4.9% | 3.8% | 2.3% | 1.6% | 12.7% |
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| Congregations | 4.9% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 41.5% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 8 | Mason County: | 2.78 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 2.34 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 2 | Here: | 0.70 / 10,000 pop. | | Michigan: | 0.18 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 17 | Mason County: | 5.91 / 10,000 pop. | | Michigan: | 2.99 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 32 | This county: | 11.13 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 6.80 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Mason County: | 9.3% | | Michigan: | 9.7% |
Adult obesity rate: | Mason County: | 29.1% | | State: | 29.7% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $18 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 7 | $425 |
| Streets and Highways |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $153 |
| Sewerage |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $102 |
| Totals for Government |
0 | $0 | | 11 | $698 |
Custer government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $67,000 ($235.92)
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $15,000 ($52.82)
Central Staff Services: $9,000 ($31.69)
Sewerage: $7,000 ($24.65)
General - Other: $6,000 ($21.13)
General Public Buildings: $5,000 ($17.61)
Fire Protection: $1,000 ($3.52)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $4,000 ($14.08)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $9,000 ($31.69)
General Revenue, NEC: $4,000 ($14.08)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $191,000 ($672.54)
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $33,000 ($116.20)
General Support: $27,000 ($95.07)
- Tax - Property: $13,000 ($45.77)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $21,000 ($73.94)
5.34% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,766 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.34% | | 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:
5.45% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,175 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.45% | | 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:
Strongest AM radio stations in Custer:
- 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)
- WKLA (1450 AM; 1 kW; LUDINGTON, MI; Owner: LAKE MICHIGAN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- WOAP (1080 AM; 50 kW; OWOSSO, MI)
- WCCW (1310 AM; 15 kW; TRAVERSE CITY, MI; Owner: WCCW RADIO, INC.)
- WNAM (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WISN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
- WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WOOD (1300 AM; 20 kW; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WBBM (780 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WBRN (1460 AM; 5 kW; BIG RAPIDS, MI; Owner: RH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Custer:
- WCXT (105.3 FM; HART, MI; Owner: WATERS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WKLA-FM (106.3 FM; LUDINGTON, MI; Owner: LAKE MICHIGAN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WKZC (94.9 FM; SCOTTVILLE, MI; Owner: LAKE MICHIGAN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WVXM (97.7 FM; MANISTEE, MI; Owner: XAVIER UNIVERSITY)
- WIAA (88.7 FM; INTERLOCHEN, MI; Owner: INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS)
- WMOM (102.7 FM; PENTWATER, MI; Owner: BAY VIEW BROADCASTING, INC)
- WWKR (94.1 FM; PENTWATER, MI; Owner: SYNERGY MEDIA, INC.)
- WOUF (92.1 FM; BEULAH, MI; Owner: FORT BEND BROADCASTING CO.)
- WBLV (90.3 FM; TWIN LAKE, MI; Owner: BLUE LAKE FINE ARTS CAMP, INC.)
- WTCM-FM (103.5 FM; TRAVERSE CITY, MI; Owner: WTCM RADIO, INC.)
- WOLW (91.1 FM; CADILLAC, MI; Owner: NORTHERN CHRISTIAN RADIO, INC.)
- W201CF (88.1 FM; BALDWIN, MI; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- WMTE-FM (101.5 FM; MANISTEE, MI; Owner: LAKE MICHIGAN BROADCASTING, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Custer:
- W34BZ (Channel 34; LUDINGTON, MI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- W48BY (Channel 48; LUDINGTON, MI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- W53CC (Channel 53; LUDINGTON, MI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- WCMW (Channel 21; MANISTEE, MI; Owner: CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY)
- WPBN-TV (Channel 7; TRAVERSE CITY, MI; Owner: WPBN/WTOM LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, INC.)
- WWTV (Channel 9; CADILLAC, MI; Owner: HERITAGE B/CING COMPANY OF MICHIGAN)
- W42CB (Channel 42; HESPERIA, MI; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION HOLDINGS, INC.)
Custer fatal accident list:
Oct 26, 1978 04:20 PM, Vehicles: 3, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 2
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 1
Total length: 3 meters (10ft)
Total average daily traffic: 312
Total average daily truck traffic: 15
Total future (year 2017) average daily traffic: 560
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 20 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers in Custer)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 2 - 1318 E Us 10 (Lat: 43.948056 Lon: -86.135917), Call Sign: KTL314, Licensee ID: L00032567
Assigned Frequencies: 157.500 MHz
Grant Date: 01/22/1998, Expiration Date: 04/06/2003, Cancellation Date: 07/06/2003
Registrant: Robert L Anderson, 6079 E Us 10, Custer, MI 49405, Phone: (616) 757-3847 - Rr & Reek Rd (Lat: 43.948056 Lon: -86.180083), Call Sign: KOL930, Licensee ID: L00003681
Assigned Frequencies: 160.230 MHz, 160.320 MHz, 160.785 MHz
Grant Date: 01/04/2003, Expiration Date: 02/05/2013
Registrant: Csx Transportation Inc., 6735 Southpoint Drive South, Jacksonville, FL 32216, Phone: (904) 332-5965, Fax: (904) 332-6048, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 6 - Call Sign: KB8AEM, Licensee ID: L00303858
Grant Date: 12/06/2000, Expiration Date: 02/26/2011
Registrant: Leon C Kenfield, 3138 E Us 10, Custer, MI 49405 - Call Sign: KB8HG, Licensee ID: L00312811
Grant Date: 11/03/2004, Expiration Date: 12/29/2014, Certifier: John F Nelson
Registrant: John F Nelson, 1268 E Lone Pine Rd, Custer, MI 49405 - Call Sign: KC8HMD
Grant Date: 05/15/1997, Expiration Date: 05/15/2007, Cancellation Date: 05/16/2009
Registrant: George F Ohse, 218 N Schoenherr Rd, Custer, MI 49405 - Call Sign: N8KRD, Licensee ID: L00820313
Grant Date: 09/23/2008, Expiration Date: 12/22/2018, Certifier: George A Allison
Registrant: George A Allison, 1955 S Custer Rd, Custer, MI 49405 - Call Sign: WA8YEW
Grant Date: 05/24/1994, Expiration Date: 05/24/2004, Cancellation Date: 05/25/2006
Registrant: Leonard P Smedberg, 390 Monroe St, Custer, MI 00000 - Call Sign: WA8YLZ, Licensee ID: L00173731
Grant Date: 01/09/2006, Expiration Date: 04/02/2016, Certifier: Harold R Smedberg
Registrant: Harold R Smedberg, Custer, MI 49405
FAA Registered Aircraft: 1 - Aircraft: THORN WEBSTER W JR RV6 (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 68WP , Serial Number: 23661, Year manufactured: 1996, Airworthiness Date: 05/15/1997
Registrant (Individual): Webster W Jr Thorn, 4624 E Barothy Rd, Custer, MI 49405
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Custer, MI
| Most common first names in Custer, MI among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| John | 20 | 76.1 years |
| Charles | 11 | 76.8 years |
| William | 10 | 79.7 years |
| George | 8 | 78.0 years |
| Robert | 8 | 76.5 years |
| Joseph | 7 | 72.3 years |
| Richard | 7 | 66.2 years |
| Earl | 6 | 79.3 years |
| Mary | 6 | 81.1 years |
| Carl | 5 | 77.0 years |
| Most common last names in Custer, MI among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|
| Smith | 9 | 79.2 years |
| Morell | 8 | 78.8 years |
| Miller | 7 | 81.6 years |
| Sanders | 7 | 77.4 years |
| Johnson | 6 | 73.7 years |
| Anderson | 6 | 82.0 years |
| Mcclellan | 6 | 83.0 years |
| Connelly | 5 | 87.2 years |
| Baker | 5 | 79.0 years |
| Stickney | 5 | 76.6 years |
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