Eben Junction, MI · standard
ZIP Code 49825
Alger County, Michigan - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 299
- 5/sq mi
- $77,250
- Median income
- $213,900
- Median home value
- 30.0%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Eben Junction pairs an above-median household income with below-median home values, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 42%
- household income, US ZIPs
- 47th pct
- home value, US ZIPs
- 5
- people per sq mi
- 100%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 49825 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 49825 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Eben Junction, Alger County, Michigan, home to just 299 residents across 58.6 square miles, a density of 5 people per square mile, in the Detroit time zone.
ZIP 49825 lands in the middle-income range, with a median household income of $77,250 (5% above the average Michigan ZIP), while per-capita income is $38,001. The poverty rate is 10.5%, with unemployment at 6.0%; those measures add context to the income figure. Median home value is $213,900 (3% below the average Michigan ZIP); 100.0% of occupied homes are owner-occupied.
A solid share of residents have a four-year degree: 30.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 35.8, and the average commute is -. The page also surfaces 5 ZIP codes within roughly 10 miles and 6 more in Alger County, so 49825 can be compared with both its immediate and county-level context.
Every figure on this page is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (including median rent) and the FHFA House Price Index, no estimates, no proprietary scoring. Verify with Census →
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates + ZIP Code Business Patterns + FHFA HPI ACS demographics and median rent, ZBP business establishments, FHFA HPI for ZIP 49825, Eben Junction, MI · 2023 Census ACS 5-Year Estimates use a rolling 60-month sample for stable small-geography estimates; ZBP updated annually; FHFA HPI updated quarterly/annually.
Quick Facts
299
Population
58.6
Area (sq mi)
5
People / sq mi
Detroit
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 49825?
35.8
Median Age
47.0%
Male
53.0%
Female
0.0%
Foreign-Born
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnicity category from the Census Bureau and may overlap with other categories above.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
How much do residents earn?
$77,250
Median Household Income
+5% vs state ZIP avg
$38,001
Per Capita Income
10.5%
Poverty Rate
6.0%
Unemployment Rate
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What is the education profile here?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What does housing look like?
Housing stock: occupied vs vacant
151housing units
151
Total Housing Units
123
Occupied Units
28
Vacant Units
2.67
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$213,900
Median Home Value
-3% vs state ZIP avg
1974
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
Nearby ZIP Codes
Want a side-by-side? Compare 49825 vs 49826 →
ZIP 49825 vs its nearest neighbors, by population
Resident population of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 49891
Trenary (49891)
816 residents
- 49816
Chatham (49816)
724 residents
- 49806
Au Train (49806)
627 residents
- 49825 299
Eben Junction (49825)
299 residents
- 49822 220
Deerton (49822)
220 residents
- 49826 137
Rumely (49826)
137 residents
What this shows Among its immediate neighbors, ZIP 49825 ranks #4 by population - useful context the national average alone can't give.
ZIP 49825 vs its nearest neighbors, by median income
Median household income of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 49806
Au Train (49806)
$85,625 median income
- 49825
Eben Junction (49825)
$77,250 median income
- 49816
Chatham (49816)
$70,750 median income
- 49826
Rumely (49826)
$61,107 median income
- 49822
Deerton (49822)
$58,214 median income
- 49891
Trenary (49891)
$46,063 median income
What this shows By household income, ZIP 49825 ranks #2 of 6 neighboring ZIPs, local affluence varies block to block, not just metro to metro.
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 49825, both outside MI so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment (Nearby and same-county blocks stay local).
Similar median household income
Nearest cross-state ZIPs by ACS median household income.