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Alpena, MI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Alpena, MI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 22,701. 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 ALPENA-MI · Alpena, MI 1 ZIPs · 22,701 pop · #21323/25278 · Alpena County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $51,396
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21323/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Lachine
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 77% owners
  • POP-TOWN 22,701
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $153,700

Nearest income peer: Lachine, MI (+ $5,896 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 Alpena

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

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

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

National city placement

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

16th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
22,701
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$51,396
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 ($51,396 average) · poverty 19.8%. The primary code (49707) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (77.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Alpena as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Alpena reads through its lone ZIP, 49707

22,701 ACS residents, one ZIP: 49707 is not the leading code inside Alpena, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Alpena's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 707 establishments, 9,642 employees , annual payroll $456,329k (~31 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 49707 (707 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (117) · also Other services (except public administration) · Manufacturing .

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ZIP Codes in Alpena, MI

These ZIP codes sit in Alpena County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Alpena. See the Alpena County roll-up →

Every one of the 4 cities sharing Alpena County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Alpena, Ossineke, Lachine and Hubbard Lake among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Herron marks the far end of that range at $77,500, 51% above Alpena.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
49707 22,701 $51,396 707 41
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Alpena roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Alpena, .