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Empire, MI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Empire, MI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,429. 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 EMPIRE-MI · Empire, MI 1 ZIPs · 1,429 pop · #3513/25278 · Leelanau County

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

  • INC-HIGH $106,375
  • RANK-TOP #3513/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Suttons Bay
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 86% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,429
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $497,600

Nearest income peer: Suttons Bay, MI ( $8,562 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 Empire

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

Top 14%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,429
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$106,375
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.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $106,375 and home value $497,600 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 58.8%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (86.3%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

Empire's single ZIP 49630 carries the town

Empire is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 49630 is the entire residential footprint (1,429 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Empire's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 50 establishments, 214 employees , annual payroll $8,051k (~35 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 49630 (50 units) ; leading NAICS Real estate and rental and leasing (7) · also Accommodation and food services · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Empire, MI

These ZIP codes sit in Leelanau County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Empire. See the Leelanau County roll-up →

Empire lands mid-pack among the 8 cities sharing Leelanau County: Northport, Leland and Glen Arbor earn more and Suttons Bay, Cedar and Maple City earn less. Leland marks the far end of that range at $136,563, 28% above Empire.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
49630 1,429 $106,375 50 12
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Empire 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 Empire, .