PlainZIP

Allen, MI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Allen, MI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,284. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet ALLEN-MI · Allen, MI 1 ZIPs · 1,284 pop · #20518/25278 · Hillsdale County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $53,587
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20518/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ North Adams
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 84% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,284
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $159,000

Nearest income peer: North Adams, MI (+ $836 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Allen

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Allen on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Allen, MI sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

19th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,284
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$53,587
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($53,587 average) · poverty 18.9%. The primary code (49227) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (83.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Allen as a pure owner town.

Within Michigan, Calumet is the closest lower-income city and Boon the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Allen.

Population concentration

Allen's single ZIP 49227 carries the town

Allen is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 49227 is the entire residential footprint (1,284 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Allen

Citywide ZBP: 8 establishments, 17 employees , annual payroll $763k (~6 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 49227 (8 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (3) · also Transportation and warehousing .

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ZIP Codes in Allen, MI

These ZIP codes sit in Hillsdale County, which covers 13 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Allen. See the Hillsdale County roll-up →

Allen sits in the lower half of Hillsdale County on income: Hillsdale, Jonesville and Reading report more, and only Somerset Center reports less. Jerome marks the far end of that range at $82,407, 54% above Allen.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
49227 1,284 $53,587 8 19
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