Belknap is a township in Presque Isle County, Michigan, home to about 754 people across 36 square miles. Its ZIP code is 49743, and parts of 49779 are in Belknap too.
Homes sold for a median of $144 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a buyer’s market.
Mostly Belknap; also Bismarck and Metz
Mostly Rogers City; part is in Belknap
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Belknap. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR)190 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Alpena County Regional Airport (APN)24 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Detroit, MI208 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL310 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Belknap; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Belknap had 686 residents in the 2020 census, down 20% since 2000.
It’s the 1301st largest of 1,531 towns in Michigan by population.
Presque Isle County grew from 8,821 residents in 1900 to 12,982 in 2020.
Presque Isle County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 80°F in summer, and winter lows average 13°F. About 31.8 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 85 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Rogers City, MI weather station (5 miles away).
2,176 jobs at 317 businesses in Presque Isle County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Nearest hospitals
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances.
Grocery stores
Pharmacies
Libraries
Museums
Theaters and performance venues
Counts are within about 4 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Rogers City, Rogers, Moltke, Bismarck, Pulawski, Metz and Ocqueoc.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.