Ontonagon, MI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Ontonagon, MI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,879. 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 ONTONAGON-MI · Ontonagon, MI 1 ZIPs · 2,879 pop · #18151/25278 · Ontonagon County

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

  • INC-MID $59,375
  • RANK-LOWER #18151/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Bruce Crossing
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 79% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,879
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $119,800

Nearest income peer: Bruce Crossing, MI ( $2,227 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 Ontonagon

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Ontonagon on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-06

National city placement

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

28th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,879
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$59,375
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 $59,375 and poverty 8.7% concentrate in 49953.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (78.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Ontonagon as a pure owner town.

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

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ZIP Codes in Ontonagon, MI

These ZIP codes sit in Ontonagon County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Ontonagon. See the Ontonagon County roll-up →

Ontonagon sits in the upper half of Ontonagon County on income: Bruce Crossing, Ewen and Trout Creek report less, while Mass City reports more. White Pine marks the far end of that range at $39,861, 33% below Ontonagon.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
49953 2,879 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 Ontonagon, 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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