ZIP 48629 · Houghton Lake
Who lives in ZIP code 48629 (Houghton Lake, MI): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Houghton Lake, MI · Roscommon County
uszips 2026
People7,998
Median age58.8
Household income$56,520
Home value$152,278
Median rent$828/mo
Poverty12.6%
College degree+17.6%
Commute26 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 40 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 3,882
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
36.7% are 65 or older; 86.6% are adults.
Household income
18.6% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $33,743.
Education (adults 25+)
34.3% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
1.5% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 54.3%
- Never married
- 19.3%
- Divorced
- 17.3%
- Widowed
- 9.0%
- Family size
- 2.54
- Dual-income families
- 32.0%
Housing
- Own their home
- 84.4%
- Rent burden
- 21.8%
- Men / women
- 50% / 50%
Work
- In labor force
- 41.4%
- Unemployment
- 3.0%
- Self-employed
- 10.7%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 12.4%
- Veterans
- 9.3%
- With a disability
- 24.5%
- No health insurance
- 5.3%
- Limited English
- 0.7%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.