Munising, MI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Munising, MI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 5,025. 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 MUNISING-MI · Munising, MI 1 ZIPs · 5,025 pop · #17195/25278 · Alger County

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

  • INC-MID $61,340
  • RANK-LOWER #17195/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rumely
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 80% owners
  • POP-TOWN 5,025
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $169,400

Nearest income peer: Rumely, MI ( $233 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 Munising

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Munising 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 2026-08-06

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Munising, MI sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

32nd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
5,025
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$61,340
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 $61,340 and poverty 9.0% concentrate in 49862.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (80.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Munising as a pure owner town.

Within Michigan, Kalamazoo is the closest lower-income city and Ossineke the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 7 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Munising.

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ZIP Codes in Munising, MI

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

Munising lands mid-pack among the 9 cities sharing Alger County: Chatham, Au Train and Eben Junction earn more and Trenary, Wetmore and Grand Marais earn less. Au Train marks the far end of that range at $85,625, 40% above Munising.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
49862 5,025 12 America/Detroit

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Munising, 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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