38.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

33.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The city is also at the crossroads of two US highways: Indian Trails provides daily intercity bus service between Grand Rapids and Petoskey, Michigan.

[8] Two of the state's premier rail trails intersect in the city: The Pennsylvania Railroad ran trains from Grand Rapids to Cadillac, Petoskey and Mackinaw City on a route that includes land used now for the White Pine Trail, making stops in Reed City's union station.

Immediate connections in Grand Rapids with sleepers to eastern Indiana and Cincinnati were part of the schedule.

Reed City was the closest PRR station to Idlewild, a significant African-American resort until the 1960s.

[10] The Pere Marquette Railway ran trains west from Reed City to Ludington and east to Saginaw, on a route that is included in the above cited rail trail.

The PM's successor, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, ended the Ludington to Saginaw trains in the latter months of 1949.