Houghton County * Houghton metro
10.5K
Population
$50.4K
Median income
per household
$232.8K
Home value
31.1%
Poverty rate
What stands out
0 of 5 metrics better than U.S. benchmarks
Rental strain: 68.9% of renter households are rent-burdened (≥30% of income).
Median household income
$50.4K
U.S.
$81K
Per-capita income
$27.9K
U.S.
$45K
Median home value
$232.8K
U.S.
$333K
Rent-burdened renters (≥30%)
68.9%
U.S.
51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
43.1%
U.S.
25.9%
Rent-to-Income
23.1%
Below 30% threshold
Home-Value-to-Income
4.6×
Upper end of typical range
Share of households by income bracket (ACS).
5 of 6 available metrics better than U.S.
CDC PLACES modeled ZCTA-level estimates (adult prevalence).
Obesity
31.3%
U.S.
33.3%
Diabetes
6.4%
U.S.
12.0%
Current smoking
11.4%
U.S.
13.1%
1 of 3 metrics better than U.S.
Best available speed
250Mbps
Below gigabit speeds reported
100+ Mbps coverage
86.9%
U.S.
85.3%
Gigabit ready
0.0%
U.S.
8.6%
5G available
63.1%
U.S.
77.4%
Education metrics come from ACS 5-year estimates for ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs).
Bachelor's degree+ (age 25+)
62.1%
U.S.
35.7%
A high share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher often correlates with higher-paying jobs and knowledge-economy industries.
ZIP-level estimates can have higher margins of error than county/state totals; treat small differences as noise.
4 tracts overlap this ZIP. Hover over segments to explore.
Tract 7
45.5%
Tract 9
32.5%
Tract 8
18%
Tract 10
4.1%
ZIP codes can span multiple congressional districts. Overlap percentages are approximate by land area. Verify by address.
MI-1
100%
Release schedule and upstream dates: Sources.
Derived statistics
Data accuracy & methodology