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Escanaba, MI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Escanaba, MI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 17,347. 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 ESCANABA-MI · Escanaba, MI 1 ZIPs · 17,347 pop · #21686/25278 · Delta County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $50,277
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21686/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Garden
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 71% owners
  • POP-TOWN 17,347
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $146,300

Nearest income peer: Garden, MI (+ $1,152 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 Escanaba

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Escanaba 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, Escanaba, MI sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

14th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
17,347
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$50,277
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 ($50,277 average) · poverty 15.9%. The primary code (49829) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (70.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Escanaba as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Escanaba's single ZIP 49829 carries the town

Escanaba is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 49829 is the entire residential footprint (17,347 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 Escanaba's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 645 establishments, 9,704 employees , annual payroll $505,739k (~37 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 49829 (645 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (112) · also Other services (except public administration) · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Escanaba, MI

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

Every one of the 9 cities sharing Delta County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Escanaba, Gladstone, Rapid River and Bark River among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Nahma marks the far end of that range at $103,750, 106% above Escanaba.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
49829 17,347 $50,277 645 103
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Escanaba 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 Escanaba, .