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Bessemer, MI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Bessemer, MI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,744. 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 BESSEMER-MI · Bessemer, MI 1 ZIPs · 2,744 pop · #19187/25278 · Gogebic County

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

  • INC-MID $57,000
  • RANK-LOWER #19187/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wakefield
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 78% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,744
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $106,300

Nearest income peer: Wakefield, MI ( $1,241 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 Bessemer

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Bessemer 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 2026-08-06

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Bessemer, 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.

24th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,744
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$57,000
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 ($57,000 average) · poverty 15.5%. The primary code (49911) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (77.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Bessemer as a pure owner town.

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

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ZIP Codes in Bessemer, MI

These ZIP codes sit in Gogebic County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Bessemer. See the Gogebic County roll-up →

Bessemer sits in the upper half of Gogebic County on income: Ironwood, Marenisco and Ramsay report less, while Watersmeet reports more. Ironwood marks the far end of that range at $46,606, 18% below Bessemer.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
49911 2,744 26 America/Menominee

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Bessemer, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →

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