Onaway, MI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Onaway, MI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 4,154. 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 ONAWAY-MI · Onaway, MI 1 ZIPs · 4,154 pop · #19008/25278 · Presque Isle County

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

  • INC-MID $57,404
  • RANK-LOWER #19008/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Millersburg
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 84% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 4,154
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $124,000

Nearest income peer: Millersburg, MI ( $460 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 Onaway

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

25th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
4,154
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$57,404
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 $57,404 and poverty 17.9% concentrate in 49765.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (84.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Onaway as a pure owner town.

Within Michigan, Lachine is the closest lower-income city and Decatur the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Onaway.

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ZIP Codes in Onaway, MI

These ZIP codes sit in Presque Isle County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Onaway. See the Presque Isle County roll-up →

Onaway lands mid-pack among the 5 cities sharing Presque Isle County: Posen and Presque Isle earn more and Rogers City and Hawks earn less. Presque Isle marks the far end of that range at $85,781, 49% above Onaway.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
49765 4,154 6 America/Detroit

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