| ZIP Codes: | 3 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 989 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:53:50 PM |
| Population: | 26,720 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 26051 |
| Land Area: | 567 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 14 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 43.9287, -84.3767 |
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26,720 residents live across 3 ZIPs covering 567 sq mi, served by 3 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 26,687 to 26,720 from 2014 to 2024 — a +0.1% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 1 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 48652 (Rhodes, $69,766 median) and poorest ZIP 48624 (Gladwin, $55,130) are 20.7 miles apart — a 1.3× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.1× across this county — from $163,500 in 48624 (Gladwin) to $171,800 in 48652 (Rhodes).
Density varies 2× across the county — from 30 people/sq mi in 48652 (Rhodes) to 66 in 48612 (Beaverton).
Educational attainment ranges from 9.9% bachelor's+ in 48652 (Rhodes) to 19.0% in 48612 (Beaverton) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Michigan, this is the #54 most populous of 83 counties and ranks #59 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $56,338 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
16.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (3,299 of 20,031 reporting).
3 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.