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Chatham, MI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Chatham, MI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 724. 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 CHATHAM-MI · Chatham, MI 1 ZIPs · 724 pop · #12953/25278 · Alger County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $70,750
  • RANK-MID #12953/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Eben Junction
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 97% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 724
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $170,700

Nearest income peer: Eben Junction, MI (+ $6,500 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 Chatham

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Chatham 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, Chatham, MI sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

49th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
724
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$70,750
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $70,750 and poverty 6.5% concentrate in 49816.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (96.8%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Michigan, Carson City is the closest lower-income city and Gaylord the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Chatham.

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ZIP Codes in Chatham, MI

These ZIP codes sit in Alger County, which covers 10 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Chatham. See the Alger County roll-up →

Chatham sits in the upper half of Alger County on income: Munising, Trenary and Wetmore report less, while Au Train and Eben Junction report more. Trenary marks the far end of that range at $46,063, 35% below Chatham.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
49816 724 5 America/Detroit

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Chatham, 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 →

Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →

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