PlainZIP

Sumner, MI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Sumner, MI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,322. 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 SUMNER-MI · Sumner, MI 1 ZIPs · 1,322 pop · #17789/25278 · Gratiot County

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

  • INC-MID $60,200
  • RANK-LOWER #17789/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bannister
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 84% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,322
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $157,900

Nearest income peer: Bannister, MI (+ $625 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 Sumner

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

30th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,322
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$60,200
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 $60,200 and poverty 11.2% concentrate in 48889.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (83.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Sumner as a pure owner town.

Within Michigan, Henderson is the closest lower-income city and Bay Port the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Sumner.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 48889, is all of Sumner

There is no split to weigh here: 48889 holds every one of Sumner's 1,322 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Sumner

Citywide ZBP: 15 establishments, 65 employees , annual payroll $3,488k (~11 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 48889 (15 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (3) .

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ZIP Codes in Sumner, MI

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

Every one of the 11 cities sharing Gratiot County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Sumner, Ithaca, Breckenridge and Riverdale among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Middleton marks the far end of that range at $91,413, 52% above Sumner.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
48889 1,322 $60,200 15 17
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