U.S. Cities - City-Data Homepage  
Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania, Forum City-Data.com Homepage

Munising, Michigan



Back to Munising, MI housing info, Alger County, Michigan, MI smaller cities, MI small cities, All Cities.

Munising: miners castle, pictured rocks, lake superior lakeshore
 

Submit pictures of this city

Munising, MI map Current weather forecast for Munising, MI

Population (year 2000): 2,539. Estimated population in July 2006: 2,374 (-6.5% change)
 

Males: 1,194  (47.0%)
Females: 1,345  (53.0%)

Alger County

Median resident age:  43.8 years
Michigan median age:  35.5 years

Zip codes: 49862.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $33,700 (it was $33,899 in 2000)
Munising  $33,700
Michigan:  $46,039

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $86,300 (it was $66,500 in 2000)
Munising  $86,300
Michigan:  $149,300

Recent home sales, real estate maps, and home value estimator for zip code 49862

Munising, MI residents, houses, and apartments details

Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition

Races in Munising:

  • White Non-Hispanic (93.3%)
  • American Indian (4.9%)
  • Two or more races (1.7%)
  • Hispanic (1.0%)

Munising, MI forum
Recent posts about Munising, Michigan on our local forum with over 300,000 registered users. Munising is mentioned 53 times on our forum:
Think hard before you relocate to Michigan  (178 replies)
Where do you reside?  (142 replies)
Looking for info on U.P. living....JOBS LOL....  (137 replies)
Why Do People Leave The U.P.?  (49 replies)
Is Marquette really that bad???  (44 replies)
U.p.?  (42 replies)

Latest news from Munising, MI collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations

Ancestries: French (14.7%), German (14.3%), Irish (12.9%), Polish (10.8%), Swedish (9.9%), French Canadian (7.4%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 201 feet

Land area: 5.36 square miles.

Population density: 445 people per square mile 
 
 (low).

Munising,MI real estate house value index trend





Home Value Estimate
Address:
Unit (optional):
City
State
Zip


Recent Home Sales
Address:
City

State
Zip
Min Price (optional)

Max Price (optional)
Prioritization:



Munising, Michigan map

For population 25 years and over in Munising

  • High school or higher: 81.8%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.9%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 5.0%
  • Unemployed: 8.2%
  • Mean travel time to work: 13.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Munising city

  • Never married: 21.1%
  • Now married: 51.6%
  • Separated: 1.8%
  • Widowed: 15.6%
  • Divorced: 10.0%

16 residents are foreign born

This city:  0.6%
Michigan:  5.3%



According to our research there were 8 registered sex offenders living in Munising, Michigan in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Munising to the number of sex offenders is 298 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Munising:  1.5% ($968)
Michigan:  1.3% ($1,461)
Munising satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Green Bay, WI (161.4 miles , pop. 102,313).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Milwaukee, WI (249.0 miles , pop. 596,974).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (323.9 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Chatham, MI (19.8 miles ), Manistique, MI (41.6 miles ), Garden, MI (44.5 miles ), Gladstone, MI (47.1 miles ), Harvey, MI (48.7 miles ), K. I. Sawyer AFB, MI (50.1 miles ), Marquette, MI (52.7 miles ), Escanaba, MI (54.5 miles ).

Latitude: 46.41 N, Longitude: 86.65 W


People in group quarters in Munising
  • 67 people in nursing homes
  • 41 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 8 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 2 people in religious group quarters

Area code: 906

Munising household income distribution Munising home values distribution

This city's Wikipedia profile

Munising, Michigan business and economic data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...


Population change in the 1990s: -259 (-9.3%).


Historical population


Historical housing units



Most common industries for males:



  • Paper (18%)
  • Public administration (14%)
  • Wood products (7%)
  • Construction (7%)
  • Health care (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Educational services (19%)
  • Accommodation and food services (16%)
  • Health care (12%)
  • Finance and insurance (7%)
  • Paper (7%)
  • Wood products (5%)
  • Social assistance (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
  • Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (9%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)


Munising races chart


 

Crime in Munising by Year

Type 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006
Murders 00000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.0
Rapes 00010
    per 100,000 0.00.00.040.90.0
Robberies 00000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.0
Assaults 04010
    per 100,000 0.0155.80.040.90.0
Burglaries 74863
    per 100,000 274.3155.8320.9245.5126.1
Thefts 1230161915
    per 100,000 470.21168.7641.8777.4630.3
Auto thefts 02111
    per 100,000 0.077.940.140.942.0
Arson 00000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 200.4) 38.095.151.392.537.4

(click on a table row to update graph)

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 5 (5 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  2.10
US city average:  3.00

Average climate in Munising, Michigan

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

Munising, Michigan average temperatures Munising, Michigan average precipitation
 
Munising, Michigan humidity
 
Munising, Michigan wind speed
 
Munising, Michigan snowfall
 
Munising, Michigan sunshine
 
Munising, Michigan clear and cloudy days
 

Back to the top

Munising topographic map
Hospital/medical center in Munising:
  • MUNISING MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (1500 SAND POINT RD)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Munising:
  • SCHOOLCRAFT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 34 miles; MANISTIQUE, MI)
  • ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL (about 48 miles; ESCANABA, MI)
  • MARQUETTE GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 55 miles; MARQUETTE, MI)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Munising:
  • SAWYER INTERNATIONAL (about 52 miles; MARQUETTE, MI; ID: SAW)
  • DELTA COUNTY (about 57 miles; ESCANABA, MI; ID: ESC)
  • FORD (about 109 miles; IRON MOUNTAIN KINGSFORD, MI; ID: IMT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Munising:
  • HANLEY FIELD (about 5 miles; MUNISING, MI; ID: 5Y7)
  • SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY (about 46 miles; MANISTIQUE, MI; ID: ISQ)
  • BONNIE FIELD (about 49 miles; ROCK, MI; ID: 6Y4)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Munising:
  • NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (about 55 miles; MARQUETTE, MI; Full-time enrollment: 7,374)
  • NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE (about 139 miles; TRAVERSE CITY, MI; FT enrollment: 2,343)
  • MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (about 140 miles; HOUGHTON, MI; FT enrollment: 5,779)
  • LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY (about 143 miles; SAULT STE MARIE, MI; FT enrollment: 2,677)
  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY (about 159 miles; GREEN BAY, WI; FT enrollment: 4,794)
  • SAINT NORBERT COLLEGE (about 163 miles; DE PERE, WI; FT enrollment: 2,031)
  • NORTHEAST WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 164 miles; GREEN BAY, WI; FT enrollment: 4,198)
Public high school in Munising:
  • MUNISING HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 355; Location: 810 HIGHWAY M-28 WEST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public elementary/middle schools in Munising:
  • WILLIAM G. MATHER SCHOOL (Students: 289; Location: 411 ELM AVENUE; Grades: 05 - 08)
  • CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 284; Location: 124 E. CHOCOLAY STREET; Grades: KG - 04)
Private elementary/middle school in Munising:
  • MUNISING SDA SCHOOL (Students: 14; Location: PO BOX 68 M-28 WEST; Grades: 2 - 10)
Library in Munising:
  • MUNISING SCHOOL PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $72,715; Location: 810 STATE HIGHWAY M-28 WEST SUITE A; 21,083 books; 742 audio materials; 863 video materials; 47 serial subscriptions)

User submitted facts and corrections:
  • there are 4 gas stations in town. 2 Citgo, 1 Shell, 1 Holiday Mather Middle School has been dissolved because of declining enrollment: 5th-6th graders are in the elementary school, 7th-8th graders are in the high school. added by Mtown

Munising map

Click to draw/clear city borders

Notable location: Maple Mountain Ski Area (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Rivers and creeks: Anna River (A), Munising Falls Creek (B), Tannery Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Tourist attractions: Gerou James & Terry (Tours & Charters; 602 Bell Avenue), Horseshoe Falls & Gift Shop (Tours & Charters; 602 Bell Avenue).

Hotels: Four Seasons Cabin (N3865 Peninsula Point Road), Comfort Inn (Sr 28 (M-28) E), Best Western of Munising (M 28 East), Comfort Inn Munising (Sr 28 (M-28) East), Days Inn Munising (PO Box 403), Alger Falls Motel (M 28 East), Hillcrest Motel & Cabins (E9454 Highway M28 East).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Munising and their reported violations in the past:

USN PARK SERVICE-MINER'S CASTL (Population served: 500, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JUL-2000 and SEP-2000, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUL-19-2000), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-19-2000), St Compliance achieved (AUG-17-2000)
ALGER CORRECTIONAL FACILITY CAMP CUSINO (Population served: 317, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One routine major monitoring violation
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS (Population served: 110, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In DEC-2005, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (DEC-22-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (DEC-22-2005), St Public Notif received (JAN-04-2006), St Compliance achieved (JAN-13-2006)
USN PARK SERVICE-GRD SABLE VIS (Population served: 100, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JUL-1998 and SEP-1998, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-11-1998), St Compliance achieved (AUG-17-1998)
PICTURED ROCKS GOLF &CTRY CLUB (Population served: 80, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One routine major monitoring violation
  • One regular monitoring violation
HILLCREST MOTEL (Population served: 45, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JAN-1998 and MAR-1998, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (FEB-19-1998), St Violation/Reminder Notice (FEB-19-1998), St Compliance achieved (FEB-26-1998)
MCQUISTEN REC AREA (Population served: 30, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One routine major monitoring violation
Drinking water stations with addresses in Munising that have no violations reported:
  • USN PARK SERVICE-12 MILE-EAST (Population served: 200, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • OTTER LAKE CAMPGROUND (Population served: 144, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • USN PARK SERVICE-LWR HURRICANE (Population served: 140, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • USN PARK SERVICE-12 MILE-WEST (Population served: 50, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • USN PARK SERVICE-LITTLE BEAVER (Population served: 50, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • U.S.N. PARK SERVICE - LOG SLID (Population served: 50, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • TIMBER RIDGE MOTEL (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • USN PARK SERVICE-SABLE FALLS (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • USN PARK SERVICE-SND PTE HQT (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • USN PARK SERVICE-UPPER HURRICA (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This city:  2.2 people
Michigan:  2.6 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  58.7%
Whole state:  68.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  5.1%
Whole state:  5.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  11.4%
Whole state:  10.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  5.3%
Whole state:  4.8%

Munising compared to Michigan state average:

Munising, Michigan environmental map by EPA

Map Legend

  • Black race population percentage below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Median age above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.


Back to the top

Banks with branches in Munising (2007 data):
  • Wells Fargo Bank, National Association: Munsing Branch at 419 East State Highway M28, branch established on 1996-11-13. Info updated 2007-02-13: Bank assets: $398,671.0 mil, Deposits: $311,546.0 mil, headquarters in Sioux Falls, SD, positive income, 3239 total offices, Holding Company: Wells Fargo & Company
  • Republic Bank: Munising Branch at 101 West Munising Avenue, branch established on 1908-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $5,433.8 mil, Deposits: $3,076.3 mil, headquarters in Lansing, MI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 85 total offices, Holding Company: Citizens Banking Corporation
  • Peoples State Bank of Munising: Peoples State Bank Of Munising at 100 East Superior Street, branch established on 1910-06-07. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $109.1 mil, Deposits: $88.3 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 6 total offices, Holding Company: Peoples State Bancorp, Inc.



Educational Attainment




School Enrollment by Level of School



Munising travel time to work


Munising mode of transportation to work chart



2004 Presidential Election results in Alger County Michigan:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:



Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Housing and Community Development(Local) 3$16,392$65,5683$2,644


Munising government finances in 2002:
  • Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $661,000
  • Charges - Sewerage: $644,000
    Parks & Recreation: $238,000
    Housing & Community Development: $190,000
    All Other: $36,000
  • Construction - Housing & Community Development: $3,000
  • Current Operations - Regular Highways: $1,221,000
    Sewerage: $578,000
    General - Other: $422,000
    Police Protection: $372,000
    Housing & Community Development: $279,000
    Parks & Recreation: $263,000
    Water Utilities: $249,000
    Fire Protection: $192,000
    Central Staff Services: $181,000
    Financial Administration: $73,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $235,000
    All Other: $15,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $118,000
  • Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Transit Utilities: $8,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $1,075,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,895,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $1,039,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $1,070,000
    Other, NEC: $666,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $190,000
    Water Utilities: $4,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $172,000
    Interest Earnings: $94,000
    Rents: $12,000
    Special Assessments: $7,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $765,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $404,000
  • Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $164,000
  • State Intergovernmental - All Other: $406,000
    General Support: $359,000
    Highways: $1,000
  • Tax - Property: $1,220,000
    NEC: $51,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $1,258,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $67,000

5.22% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($41,067 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.22%
Michigan average:  5.24%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Marquette County, MI  1.26% ($39,256 average AGI)


5.14% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,011 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.14%
Michigan average:  5.98%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Marquette County, MI  1.23% ($20,262 average AGI)


Strongest AM radio stations in Munising:
  • WQXO (1400 AM; 1 kW; MUNISING, MI; Owner: GREAT LAKES RADIO, INC.)
  • WDBC (680 AM; 10 kW; ESCANABA, MI; Owner: KMB BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WTCM (580 AM; 35 kW; TRAVERSE CITY, MI; Owner: WTCM RADIO, INC.)
  • WLDR (1210 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KINGSLEY, MI; Owner: FORT BEND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WZAM (970 AM; 5 kW; ISHPEMING, MI)
  • WDMJ (1320 AM; 5 kW; MARQUETTE, MI; Owner: NORTHERN STAR BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
  • WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • WNAM (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
  • WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WCCW (1310 AM; 15 kW; TRAVERSE CITY, MI; Owner: WCCW RADIO, INC.)
  • WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
  • WSAU (550 AM; 20 kW; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Munising:
  • WHCH (98.3 FM; MUNISING, MI; Owner: GREAT LAKES RADIO, INC.)
  • WGLQ (97.1 FM; ESCANABA, MI; Owner: LAKES RADIO, INC.)
  • WCMM (102.5 FM; GULLIVER, MI; Owner: LAKES RADIO, INC.)


Back to Munising, MI housing info, Alger County, Michigan, MI smaller cities, MI small cities, All Cities.

 

Back to the top




Recent home sales, price trends, and home value evaluator powered by On Board LLC
Copyright © 2008 On Board LLC. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
 
City-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site.  Use at your own risk.
Some parts © 2003-2008 Advameg, Inc.