Lake City, MI
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Lake City, MI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 7,665. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet LAKE-CITY-MI · Lake City, MI 1 ZIPs · 7,665 pop · #14766/25278 · Missaukee County
INC-MID · RANK-MID · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $66,406
- RANK-MID #14766/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Mc Bain
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 85% owners
- POP-TOWN 7,665
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $171,100
Nearest income peer: Mc Bain, MI (+ $9,844 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 Lake City
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Lake City on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Merritt · lowest
Merritt · lowest
$45,500 median HH income
- Falmouth · near
Falmouth · near
$46,696 median HH income
- Lake City · this city
Lake City · this city
$66,406 median HH income
- Mc Bain · highest
Mc Bain · highest
$76,250 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, Lake City, MI sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 42nd pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 7,665
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $66,406
- 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 $66,406 and poverty 11.8% concentrate in 49651.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (84.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Lake City as a pure owner town.
Within Michigan, Ludington is the closest lower-income city and Centreville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Lake City.
ZIP Codes in Lake City, MI
These ZIP codes sit in Missaukee County, which covers 4 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Lake City. See the Missaukee County roll-up →
Lake City sits in the upper half of Missaukee County on income: Falmouth and Merritt report less, while Mc Bain reports more. Merritt marks the far end of that range at $45,500, 31% below Lake City.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49651 | 7,665 | 13 | America/Detroit |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Lake City, 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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