What is the population of Belding city?

Belding city has 5,949 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #159 of 745 in Michigan.

What is the median household income in Belding city?

Median household income in Belding city is $55,895 a year, 28.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Belding city?

Median gross rent is $693 a month and the median home value is $152,700, so rent absorbs about 14.9% of median household income.

Is Belding city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Belding city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Belding, MI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Belding, Michigan (Belding, MI — Census place “Belding city”) is 5,949 residents, ranking #159 of 745 places in Michigan. Median household income is $55,895, the median home is worth $152,700 and median gross rent runs $693 a month. Looking for the Belding Michigan ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Belding, MI: 48809.

Population: 5,949Belding city residents
Median household income: $55,895Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $152,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $693Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 67.7%Owner-occupied households

Belding ZIP codes (Michigan)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Belding.

The Belding MI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

48809

What the numbers mean in Belding city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Belding city median would spend about 14.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.8% of residents and 67.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Belding city, MI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Belding city is a mid-size town in Michigan, with 5,949 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #159 of 745 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 37.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Belding city earn a median of $55,895 a year, 28.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 9% below the $61,715 median for the 438 Michigan cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 17.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Belding city is valued at $152,700, 49.7% below the national figure and 8% below the $166,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $693 a month, 50.7% below the national figure, or roughly $8,316 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 67.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Belding city?: Belding city has 5,949 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #159 of 745 in Michigan.
What is the median household income in Belding city?: Median household income in Belding city is $55,895 a year, 28.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Belding city?: Median gross rent is $693 a month and the median home value is $152,700, so rent absorbs about 14.9% of median household income.
Is Belding city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Belding city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Belding city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.