ZIP 49913 vs ZIP 49942

This side-by-side compares ZIP 49913 (Calumet, MI) and ZIP 49942 (Kearsarge, MI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 49913 has a population of 7,248 at 40 people per square mile, while ZIP 49942 has 156 at 59 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 49913 reports a median household income of $53,571 against $54,722 in ZIP 49942, with per-capita income of $27,734 vs $59,527. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.0% in 49913 and 43.8% in 49942. Poverty rate reads 14.7% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 5.7% vs 0.0% — 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 $110,200 in 49913 versus — in 49942, with median rent of $699 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.8% vs 100.0%. 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.