What is the population of Grayling city?

Grayling city has 1,638 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #346 of 745 in Michigan.

What is the median household income in Grayling city?

Median household income in Grayling city is $31,719 a year, 59.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $879 a month and the median home value is $131,800, so rent absorbs about 33.3% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Grayling city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 33.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Grayling, MI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Grayling, Michigan (Grayling, MI — Census place “Grayling city”) is 1,638 residents, ranking #346 of 745 places in Michigan. Median household income is $31,719, the median home is worth $131,800 and median gross rent runs $879 a month. Looking for the Grayling Michigan ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Grayling, MI: 49738.

Population: 1,638Grayling city residents
Median household income: $31,719Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $131,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $879Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 45.4%Owner-occupied households

Grayling ZIP codes (Michigan)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Grayling.

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

49738

What the numbers mean in Grayling city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Grayling city median would spend about 33.3% 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 4.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 25.7% of residents and 45.4% of households own their home.

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

Grayling city, MI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Grayling city is a small town in Michigan, with 1,638 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #346 of 745 ranked by population — larger than 53% of them. The median age here is 41.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Grayling city earn a median of $31,719 a year, 59.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 49% below the $61,715 median for the 438 Michigan cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 25.7% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Grayling city is valued at $131,800, 56.6% below the national figure and 21% below the $166,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $879 a month, 37.5% below the national figure, or roughly $10,548 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 33.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is a stretch on median earnings. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 45.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

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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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Grayling city?: Grayling city has 1,638 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #346 of 745 in Michigan.
What is the median household income in Grayling city?: Median household income in Grayling city is $31,719 a year, 59.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Grayling city?: Median gross rent is $879 a month and the median home value is $131,800, so rent absorbs about 33.3% of median household income.
Is Grayling city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Grayling city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 33.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Grayling city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.