Watersmeet, MI
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Watersmeet, MI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,401. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet WATERSMEET-MI · Watersmeet, MI 1 ZIPs · 1,401 pop · #14393/25278 · Gogebic County
INC-MID · RANK-MID · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID
- INC-MID $67,188
- RANK-MID #14393/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Bessemer
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-HIGH 94% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 1,401
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-MID $247,300
Nearest income peer: Bessemer, MI ( $10,188 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 Watersmeet
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Watersmeet on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Ironwood · lowest
Ironwood · lowest
$46,606 median HH income
- Ramsay · near
Ramsay · near
$47,500 median HH income
- Marenisco · near
Marenisco · near
$48,750 median HH income
- Wakefield · near
Wakefield · near
$55,759 median HH income
- Bessemer · near
Bessemer · near
$57,000 median HH income
- Watersmeet · this city · highest
Watersmeet · this city · highest
$67,188 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Watersmeet, MI sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 43rd pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 1,401
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $67,188
- 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 $67,188 and poverty 7.7% concentrate in 49969.
Owner-occupancy here runs high (94.2%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.
Within Michigan, Hazel Park is the closest lower-income city and Drummond Island the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Watersmeet.
ZIP Codes in Watersmeet, MI
These ZIP codes sit in Gogebic County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Watersmeet. See the Gogebic County roll-up →
No other city sharing Gogebic County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Watersmeet. Ironwood, Bessemer and Wakefield sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Ironwood marks the far end of that range at $46,606, 31% below Watersmeet.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49969 | 1,401 | 2 | America/Menominee |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Watersmeet, 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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