What is the population of Fraser city?

Fraser city has 14,604 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #77 of 745 in Michigan.

What is the median household income in Fraser city?

Median household income in Fraser city is $61,118 a year, 22.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $827 a month and the median home value is $193,600, so rent absorbs about 16.2% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fraser city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Fraser, MI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Fraser, Michigan (Fraser, MI — Census place “Fraser city”) is 14,604 residents, ranking #77 of 745 places in Michigan. Median household income is $61,118, the median home is worth $193,600 and median gross rent runs $827 a month. Looking for the Fraser Michigan ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Fraser, MI: 48026.

Population: 14,604Fraser city residents
Median household income: $61,118Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $193,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $827Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 72.7%Owner-occupied households

Fraser ZIP codes (Michigan)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Fraser.

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

48026

What the numbers mean in Fraser city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Fraser city median would spend about 16.2% 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 3.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.4% of residents and 72.7% of households own their home.

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

Fraser city, MI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Fraser city is a mid-size town in Michigan, with 14,604 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #77 of 745 ranked by population — larger than 89% of them. The median age here is 41.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Fraser city earn a median of $61,118 a year, 22.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of 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 10.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Fraser city is valued at $193,600, 36.2% below the national figure and 17% above the $166,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $827 a month, 41.2% below the national figure, or roughly $9,924 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.2% 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 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 72.7% 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.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 Fraser city?: Fraser city has 14,604 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #77 of 745 in Michigan.
What is the median household income in Fraser city?: Median household income in Fraser city is $61,118 a year, 22.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fraser city?: Median gross rent is $827 a month and the median home value is $193,600, so rent absorbs about 16.2% of median household income.
Is Fraser city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fraser city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Fraser 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.