County / FIPS 26017
Bay County
Michigan
Bay County runs 34 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
34
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
1
Land area
442
Bay County in numbers
American Community Survey five-year estimates ending 2024. These are sample estimates, not a count — each carries a margin of error, and where that margin is too wide to mean anything the figure is withheld rather than printed.
Population
103,008
Median household income
$61,763
Poverty rate
13.2%
Unemployment rate
4.3%
Median home value
$152,200
Median gross rent
$860
Bachelor's degree or higher
22.1%
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Bay County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$873.1M
Per resident
$8,407
Change since FY2021
−5%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $917M |
| 2022 | $696M |
| 2023 | $777M |
| 2024 | $881M |
| 2025 | $873M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Bay County ranks 582nd of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Bay County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Mclaren Bay Region | Bay City |
Public schools in Bay County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn Elementary School | Bay City School District | Auburn | 474 |
| Bangor Central School | Bangor Township Schools | Bay City | 327 |
| Bangor Lincoln School | Bangor Township Schools | Bay City | 317 |
| Bangor Township Virtual School | Bangor Township Schools | Bay City | 140 |
| Bangor West Central School | Bangor Township Schools | Bay City | 356 |
| Bay City Academy Farragut Campus | Bay City Academy | Bay City | 341 |
| Bay City Central High School | Bay City School District | Bay City | 1,033 |
| Bay City Eastern High School | Bay City School District | Bay City | 116 |
| Bay City Western High School | Bay City School District | Auburn | 1,102 |
| Bayarenac Community High School | Bay-Arenac Community High School | Essexville | 172 |
| Christa Mcauliffe Middle School | Bangor Township Schools | Bay City | 657 |
| Cramer Junior High School | Essexville-Hampton Public Schools | Essexville | 456 |
| Garber High School | Essexville-Hampton Public Schools | Essexville | 514 |
| Great Lakes Bay Early College | Saginaw ISD | Saginaw | 182 |
| Hampton Elementary School | Bay City School District | Bay City | 405 |
| Handy Middle School | Bay City School District | Bay City | 685 |
| Isdlocal Programs | Bay-Arenac ISD | Bay City | 86 |
| John Glenn High School | Bangor Township Schools | Bay City | 849 |
| Kolb Elementary School | Bay City School District | Bay City | 477 |
| Linwood Elementary School | Pinconning Area Schools | Linwood | 130 |
| Llcbay Campus | Bay-Arenac ISD | Essexville | 51 |
| Macgregor Elementary School | Bay City School District | Bay City | 313 |
| Mackensen Elementary School | Bay City School District | Bay City | 245 |
| Mcalearsawden Elem School | Bay City School District | Bay City | 352 |
| Pinconning Central Elementary School | Pinconning Area Schools | Pinconning | 361 |
| Pinconning High School | Pinconning Area Schools | Pinconning | 394 |
| Pinconning Middle School | Pinconning Area Schools | Pinconning | 273 |
| State Street Academy | State Street Academy | Bay City | 258 |
| Verellen Elementary School | Essexville-Hampton Public Schools | Essexville | 303 |
| Washington Elementary School | Bay City School District | Bay City | 395 |
| Western Middle School | Bay City School District | Auburn | 726 |
| Wr Bush Elementary School | Essexville-Hampton Public Schools | Essexville | 227 |
| Bay City Adult Educationctp | Bay City School District | Bay City | 62 |
| Detention Center | Bay-Arenac ISD | Essexville | 4 |