ZIP 49969 · Watersmeet
Who lives in ZIP code 49969 (Watersmeet, MI): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Watersmeet, MI · Gogebic County
uszips 2026
People1,000
Median age60.7
Household income$67,188
Home value$247,806
Median rent$425/mo
Poverty7.7%
College degree+19.5%
Commute22 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 2 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 516
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
44.9% are 65 or older; 85.4% are adults.
Household income
24.6% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $35,846.
Education (adults 25+)
51.8% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
1.3% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 63.3%
- Never married
- 15.3%
- Divorced
- 15.2%
- Widowed
- 6.2%
- Family size
- 2.48
- Dual-income families
- 28.6%
Housing
- Own their home
- 94.2%
- Rent burden
- —
- Men / women
- 52% / 48%
Work
- In labor force
- 46.8%
- Unemployment
- 3.2%
- Self-employed
- 8.3%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 20.0%
- Veterans
- 10.8%
- With a disability
- 26.8%
- No health insurance
- 6.0%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.