ZIP 49953 · Ontonagon
Who lives in ZIP code 49953 (Ontonagon, MI): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Ontonagon, MI · Ontonagon County
uszips 2026
People2,368
Median age58.3
Household income$59,375
Home value$123,340
Median rent$538/mo
Poverty8.7%
College degree+21.1%
Commute25 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 2 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 1,292
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
36.9% are 65 or older; 88.6% are adults.
Household income
22.0% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $34,208.
Education (adults 25+)
48.0% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
1.1% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 54.6%
- Never married
- 23.1%
- Divorced
- 13.2%
- Widowed
- 9.1%
- Family size
- 2.24
- Dual-income families
- 34.4%
Housing
- Own their home
- 78.9%
- Rent burden
- 16.5%
- Men / women
- 51% / 49%
Work
- In labor force
- 45.8%
- Unemployment
- 4.6%
- Self-employed
- 11.0%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 10.2%
- Veterans
- 18.1%
- With a disability
- 22.1%
- No health insurance
- 6.9%
- Limited English
- 0.6%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.