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Deerton, MI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Deerton, MI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 220. 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 DEERTON-MI · Deerton, MI 1 ZIPs · 220 pop · #18664/25278 · Alger County

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

  • INC-MID $58,214
  • RANK-LOWER #18664/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Shingleton
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 77% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 220
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $283,800

Nearest income peer: Shingleton, MI (+ $1,849 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 Deerton

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

26th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
220
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$58,214
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 $58,214 and poverty 14.5% concentrate in 49822.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (77.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Deerton as a pure owner town.

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

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ZIP Codes in Deerton, MI

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

Deerton sits in the lower half of Alger County on income: Munising, Chatham and Au Train report more, Trenary, Wetmore and Grand Marais report less. Au Train marks the far end of that range at $85,625, 47% above Deerton.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
49822 220 1 America/Detroit

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