| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (5 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 906 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:12:35 PM |
| Population: | 8,848 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 26153 |
| Land Area: | 1,360 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 77 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 46.1474, -86.1295 |
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8,848 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 1,360 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 8,779 to 8,848 from 2014 to 2024 — a +0.8% change. 3 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 49836 (Germfask, $85,500 median) and poorest ZIP 49883 (Seney, $53,289) are 17.8 miles apart — a 1.6× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.7× across this county — from $125,400 in 49854 (Manistique) to $211,900 in 49817 (Cooks).
Density varies 18× across the county — from 1 people/sq mi in 49883 (Seney) to 10 in 49854 (Manistique).
Educational attainment ranges from 12.0% bachelor's+ in 49883 (Seney) to 23.4% in 49836 (Germfask) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Michigan, this is the #77 most populous of 83 counties and ranks #50 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $60,275 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
21.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (1,466 of 6,812 reporting).
5 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.