ZIP 49747 vs ZIP 49744

This side-by-side compares ZIP 49747 (Hubbard Lake, MI) and ZIP 49744 (Herron, MI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 49747 has a population of 1,921 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 49744 has 823 at 9 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 49747 reports a median household income of $73,233 against $77,500 in ZIP 49744, with per-capita income of $36,497 vs $30,429. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.8% in 49747 and 13.2% in 49744. Poverty rate reads 8.4% vs 11.9%, and unemployment 2.4% vs 8.1% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $179,500 in 49747 versus $194,400 in 49744, with median rent of $1,279 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 95.8% vs 89.3%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.