PlainZIP

Middleton, MI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Middleton, MI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 966. 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 MIDDLETON-MI · Middleton, MI 1 ZIPs · 966 pop · #6055/25278 · Gratiot County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-HIGH $91,413
  • RANK-UPPER #6055/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Perrinton
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 73% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 966
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $183,300

Nearest income peer: Perrinton, MI ( $6,610 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 Middleton

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

Top 24%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
966
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$91,413
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 $91,413 and home value $183,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 11.1%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (72.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Middleton as a pure owner town.

Within Michigan, Walled Lake is the closest lower-income city and Trufant the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Middleton.

Population concentration

Middleton reads through its lone ZIP, 48856

966 ACS residents, one ZIP: 48856 is not the leading code inside Middleton, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Middleton's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 22 establishments, 159 employees , annual payroll $9,450k (~23 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 48856 (22 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (5) · also Retail trade · Transportation and warehousing .

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ZIP Codes in Middleton, MI

These ZIP codes sit in Gratiot County, which covers 12 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Middleton. See the Gratiot County roll-up →

No other city sharing Gratiot County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Middleton. Alma, Ithaca and Breckenridge sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Alma marks the far end of that range at $58,750, 36% below Middleton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
48856 966 $91,413 22 14
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Middleton 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 Middleton, .