Best Places49675, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 49675, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
49675 ranks 16,715th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 49675
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
49675's strengths and weaknesses
Where 49675 ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than 89% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than 86% of zip codes
Where 49675 ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of zip codes
- Low vacancyBetter than only 8% of zip codes
- Local economyBetter than only 11% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 24% of zip codes
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 30% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 49675
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 49675 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,728, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 49675's effective rate of 0.97%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 49675
49675 runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 49675.
Who works in 49675, and how
Work in 49675 centers on hospitality & food and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in 49675
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 49675.
What the weather is like in 49675, month by month
49675 sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 25° | 19° |
| April | 55° | 43° | 32° |
| July | 81° | 69° | 56° |
| October | 61° | 50° | 39° |
Flying in and out of 49675
The nearest airport, Manistee County/Blacker, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 130 miles away.
The best schools in and around 49675
Schools across 49675 average a C+, better than 42% of zip codes.
Top high schools
- Onekama Consolidated SchoolsB · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 49675 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
49675 measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 49675 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 49675
Is 49675 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 49675 ranks 16,715th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on health care access, civic engagement, and low disaster risk, and lowest on car insurance costs and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 49675 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $252,653. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $68,728 median income, cost of living beats 32% of zip codes.
Is 49675 safe?
Yes, 49675 is safer than 79% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $234 per resident a year.
Compare 49675 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 49675. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 49675 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
49675 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 49675: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 49675: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 49675: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 49675: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
49675 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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