ZIP Code 49643

ZIP code 49643, centered on Benzonia, sits in middle-income territory, with a median household income of $81,222 and per-capita income of $38,963. Home values run higher than the income alone might imply: the median property is worth $271,300, and the county-level effective property tax rate of 0.79% applies to that figure. Sales tax across the area totals 6.00%. Taken together, earnings here support a comfortable but not affluent standard of living, and the tax load leans on property rather than purchases, since the rate applied to homes stays under one percent.