Alger
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Michigan
Alger is a sparsely populated county in Michigan with 10 ZIP codes, 9,644 people, and below-median household income among US counties. All data is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2023 5-Year Estimates.
National county placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Alger, MI sits among US counties with a below-median household income, on a sparsely populated county population base, across a compact ZIP cluster.
- 35th pct
- household income vs 3,210 US counties
- 9,644
- combined ZIP population
- 10
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $61,482
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this county's average ZIP median household income against 3,210 US counties with ACS income on at least one ZIP.
Alger lands in the national county income distribution as below-median household income on sparsely populated county footing (FIPS 26003, 10 ZIPs, combined population 9,644). Sort the ZIP table by population before treating the county mean as uniform.
Below-median income on a compact ZIP cluster (10 codes). Population density still swings from downtown to farm-edge; the density column is the fastest filter before a side-by-side compare. County-level HUD and FBI inputs still key off FIPS 26003.
Save two ZIPs from the table into your shortlist, then open a compare link - that is the return path a static county summary cannot replace. All figures here come from Census ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates and USPS ZCTA files.
10
Total ZIPs
9,644
Total Population
ZIP Codes in Alger
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Data sources
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). Verify with HUD →
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