Houghton Lake, MI
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Houghton Lake, MI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 7,854. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet HOUGHTON-LAKE-MI · Houghton Lake, MI 1 ZIPs · 7,854 pop · #19390/25278 · Roscommon County
INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $56,520
- RANK-LOWER #19390/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Houghton Lake He
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 84% owners
- POP-TOWN 7,854
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $156,000
Nearest income peer: Houghton Lake Heights, MI (+ $5,499 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 Houghton Lake
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Houghton Lake on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Prudenville · lowest
Prudenville · lowest
$43,712 median HH income
- Saint Helen · near
Saint Helen · near
$47,750 median HH income
- Houghton Lake · this city
Houghton Lake · this city
$56,520 median HH income
- Houghton Lake · near
Houghton Lake · near
$62,019 median HH income
- Roscommon · highest
Roscommon · highest
$65,913 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Houghton Lake, 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.
- 23rd pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 7,854
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $56,520
- 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 ($56,520 average) · poverty 12.6%. The primary code (48629) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (84.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Houghton Lake as a pure owner town.
Within Michigan, New Troy is the closest lower-income city and Twining the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Houghton Lake.
ZIP Codes in Houghton Lake, MI
These ZIP codes sit in Roscommon County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Houghton Lake. See the Roscommon County roll-up →
Houghton Lake lands mid-pack among the 4 cities sharing Roscommon County: Roscommon and Houghton Lake Heights earn more and Prudenville and Saint Helen earn less. Prudenville marks the far end of that range at $43,712, 23% below Houghton Lake.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48629 | 7,854 | 38 | America/Detroit |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Houghton Lake, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.
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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