ZIP 49911 · Bessemer
Who lives in ZIP code 49911 (Bessemer, MI): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Bessemer, MI · Gogebic County
uszips 2026
People2,729
Median age46.6
Household income$57,000
Home value$107,340
Median rent$579/mo
Poverty15.5%
College degree+21.8%
Commute18 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 23 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 1,258
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
21.3% are 65 or older; 84.5% are adults.
Household income
27.5% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $31,496.
Education (adults 25+)
28.4% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
3.4% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 55.2%
- Never married
- 30.1%
- Divorced
- 9.8%
- Widowed
- 4.9%
- Family size
- 2.57
- Dual-income families
- 54.7%
Housing
- Own their home
- 77.7%
- Rent burden
- 20.7%
- Men / women
- 50% / 50%
Work
- In labor force
- 63.3%
- Unemployment
- 6.8%
- Self-employed
- 9.7%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 8.1%
- Veterans
- 9.9%
- With a disability
- 17.8%
- No health insurance
- 3.8%
- Limited English
- 1.2%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.