ZIP 49689 · Wellston
Who lives in ZIP code 49689 (Wellston, MI): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Wellston, MI · Manistee County
uszips 2026
People1,731
Median age48.1
Household income$64,070
Home value$144,047
Median rent$826/mo
Poverty10.1%
College degree+26.2%
Commute25 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 8 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 708
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
23.1% are 65 or older; 82.1% are adults.
Household income
27.9% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $35,039.
Education (adults 25+)
34.6% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
4.0% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 60.6%
- Never married
- 21.8%
- Divorced
- 12.5%
- Widowed
- 5.1%
- Family size
- 3.08
- Dual-income families
- 55.7%
Housing
- Own their home
- 92.5%
- Rent burden
- 32.7%
- Men / women
- 54% / 46%
Work
- In labor force
- 51.4%
- Unemployment
- 9.3%
- Self-employed
- 10.3%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 10.3%
- Veterans
- 6.3%
- With a disability
- 21.4%
- No health insurance
- 3.5%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.