Custer, MI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Custer, MI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,559. 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 CUSTER-MI · Custer, MI 1 ZIPs · 1,559 pop · #13195/25278 · Mason County

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

  • INC-MID $70,139
  • RANK-MID #13195/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Ludington
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 95% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,559
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $170,200

Nearest income peer: Ludington, MI ( $3,803 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 Custer

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

48th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,559
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$70,139
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 $70,139 and poverty 11.5% concentrate in 49405.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (95.0%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Michigan, Central Lake is the closest lower-income city and Greenville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Custer.

Population concentration

Custer reads through its lone ZIP, 49405

1,559 ACS residents, one ZIP: 49405 is not the leading code inside Custer, 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Custer

Citywide ZBP: 14 establishments, 74 employees , annual payroll $1,801k (~9 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 49405 (14 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (5) .

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ZIP Codes in Custer, MI

These ZIP codes sit in Mason County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Custer. See the Mason County roll-up →

Custer sits in the upper half of Mason County on income: Ludington, Scottville and Fountain report less, while Walhalla reports more. Walhalla marks the far end of that range at $113,077, 61% above Custer.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
49405 1,559 $70,139 14 9

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