
Chippewa County · Michigan
ZIP code 49784
- Population
- 1,558
- Median income
- —
- Median home
- —
- Sales tax
- 6%
ZCTA residents
Household, past 12 months
Owner-occupied value
Michigan state rate
Quick answer
ZIP 49784 sits in Chippewa County, Michigan and is home to 1,558 people. Median household income is —, the median home is worth — and median gross rent is —. — of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 6% (Michigan state rate).
- County
- Chippewa County
- State
- Michigan (MI)
- Area codes
- Not published
- Metro area
- Outside covered metros
FIPS 26033
992 ZIPs covered
No NANPA match for this ZIP
Rate jurisdiction used for tax
The numbers for 49784
American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.
- Population
- 1,558ZIP 49784 residents
- Median household income
- —Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 42.1 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- —Owner-occupied households
ZIP 49784 in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
ZIP 49784 is a small town in Chippewa County, Michigan, with 1,558 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #734 of 992 ranked by population — larger than 26% of them. The median age here is 42.1 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 ZIP 49784 earn a median of not published a year. 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 Poverty reaches an unpublished share of residents here.
The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 49784 is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The homeownership rate is not published. 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.
The Census withheld household income, home value, gross rent, poverty rate for ZIP 49784 because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Reading ZIP 49784 in context
How 49784 sits inside Chippewa County and Michigan.
ZIP 49784 is tabulated inside Chippewa County, Michigan, one of 16 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 992 across Michigan. Fewer than 2,500 people are counted here, so the ZIP behaves like a village delivery route rather than a neighbourhood. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 49784 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.
Against its own county, 49784 reports a median household income of not published. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of not published. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at not published a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.
Michigan charges 6% statewide, and no local sales tax is layered on top, so the state rate is the full amount collected in 49784.
Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 49784 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.
Sales tax in 49784
What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.
Michigan levies 6% statewide with no local add-ons. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.
Affordability in this ZIP
Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.
A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.
How 49784 compares
ZIP 49784 against the median ZIP in Chippewa County and across Michigan.
| Measure | ZIP 49784 | County median | State median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | — | $62,045 | $66,726 | — |
| Median home value | — | $163,300 | $179,300 | — |
| Median gross rent | — | $803 | $930 | — |
| Population | 1,558 | 1,014 | 4,540 | -66% |
Medians are computed across the 16 ZIP areas in Chippewa County and the 992 ZIP areas in Michigan.
Statewide rank
Where this ZIP places among all 992 Michigan ZIP areas.
- Income
- —
- Home value
- —
- Population
- #734
Not published
Not published
larger than 26% of 992 state ZIPs
Nearby ZIP codes
Other ZIP codes filed under Chippewa County.
Adjacent ZIP Codes
Other ZIP codes in Chippewa County, Michigan.
ZIP 49784 questions
Common questions about this ZIP code.
- Where is ZIP code 49784?
- ZIP 49784 lies mostly in Chippewa County, Michigan. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
- What sales tax do I pay in 49784?
- Michigan charges 6% statewide.
- Is 49784 expensive to live in?
- Median rent runs — a month, and the median home is worth — — — against the typical Michigan ZIP.
- Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
- Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.
Keep going
Related pages for this area.
Sources & transparency
- US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates — 2019-2023 ACS 5-year — population, income, housing
- Census 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file — County assignment by largest land-area overlap
- Michigan Department of Treasury — Sales tax rates and local add-ons
Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.