What is the population of Ionia city?

Ionia city has 12,950 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #80 of 745 in Michigan.

What is the median household income in Ionia city?

Median household income in Ionia city is $60,729 a year, 22.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $789 a month and the median home value is $161,100, so rent absorbs about 15.6% of median household income.

Is Ionia 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 Ionia city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Ionia, MI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Ionia, Michigan (Ionia, MI — Census place “Ionia city”) is 12,950 residents, ranking #80 of 745 places in Michigan. Median household income is $60,729, the median home is worth $161,100 and median gross rent runs $789 a month. Looking for the Ionia Michigan ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ionia, MI: 48846.

Population: 12,950Ionia city residents
Median household income: $60,729Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $161,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $789Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 60.4%Owner-occupied households

Ionia ZIP codes (Michigan)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ionia.

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

48846

What the numbers mean in Ionia city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Ionia city median would spend about 15.6% 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 16.4% of residents and 60.4% of households own their home.

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

Ionia city, MI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Ionia city is a mid-size town in Michigan, with 12,950 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #80 of 745 ranked by population — larger than 89% of them. The median age here is 38.2 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 Ionia city earn a median of $60,729 a year, 22.7% 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. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 16.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ionia city is valued at $161,100, 46.9% below the national figure and 3% below the $166,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $789 a month, 43.9% below the national figure, or roughly $9,468 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.6% 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. 60.4% 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 Ionia city?: Ionia city has 12,950 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #80 of 745 in Michigan.
What is the median household income in Ionia city?: Median household income in Ionia city is $60,729 a year, 22.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ionia city?: Median gross rent is $789 a month and the median home value is $161,100, so rent absorbs about 15.6% of median household income.
Is Ionia 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 Ionia city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Ionia 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.