Merritt, MI
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Merritt, MI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 549. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet MERRITT-MI · Merritt, MI 1 ZIPs · 549 pop · #22983/25278 · Missaukee County
INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $45,500
- RANK-BOTTOM #22983/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Falmouth
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 73% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 549
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $123,800
Nearest income peer: Falmouth, MI (+ $1,196 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 Merritt
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Merritt on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Merritt · this city · lowest
Merritt · this city · lowest
$45,500 median HH income
- Falmouth · near
Falmouth · near
$46,696 median HH income
- Lake City · near
Lake City · near
$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, Merritt, MI sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 9th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 549
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $45,500
- 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 ($45,500 average) · poverty 35.2%. The primary code (49667) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (72.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Merritt as a pure owner town.
Within Michigan, Rose City is the closest lower-income city and Oscoda the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Merritt.
ZIP Codes in Merritt, MI
These ZIP codes sit in Missaukee County, which covers 4 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Merritt. See the Missaukee County roll-up →
Every one of the 3 cities sharing Missaukee County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Merritt, Lake City, Mc Bain and Falmouth among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Mc Bain marks the far end of that range at $76,250, 68% above Merritt.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49667 | 549 | 3 | America/Detroit |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Merritt, 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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