ZIP 48659 · Sterling
Who lives in ZIP code 48659 (Sterling, MI): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Sterling, MI · Arenac County
uszips 2026
People2,563
Median age39.6
Household income$58,750
Home value$135,181
Median rent$853/mo
Poverty17.2%
College degree+13.7%
Commute28 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 13 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 993
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
16.7% are 65 or older; 78.3% are adults.
Household income
18.0% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $31,005.
Education (adults 25+)
43.8% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
0.6% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 56.1%
- Never married
- 25.8%
- Divorced
- 12.6%
- Widowed
- 5.5%
- Family size
- 2.96
- Dual-income families
- 49.6%
Housing
- Own their home
- 88.9%
- Rent burden
- 20.2%
- Men / women
- 52% / 48%
Work
- In labor force
- 60.5%
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
- Self-employed
- 9.5%
- Farmers
- 4.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 8.7%
- Veterans
- 6.1%
- With a disability
- 15.0%
- No health insurance
- 8.9%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.