Bliss is a township in Emmet County, Michigan, home to about 630 people across 44 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 49718 and 49755.
Homes sold for a median of $300 per square foot across 2 ZIP codes in the three months ending August 2026, and 0 of 2 were seller’s markets.
Mostly Carp Lake Township (Emmet County); part is in Bliss
Mostly McKinley Township (Emmet County); part is in Bliss
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Bliss. 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)196 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County Airport (PLN)7 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Milwaukee, WI239 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL302 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Bliss; 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.
Bliss had 568 residents in the 2020 census, down 1% since 2000.
It’s the 1349th largest of 1,531 towns in Michigan by population.
Emmet County grew from 15,931 residents in 1900 to 34,112 in 2020.
Emmet County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 79°F in summer, and winter lows average 7°F. About 30 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Pellston Rgnl Ap, MI weather station (7 miles away).
16,212 jobs at 1,577 businesses in Emmet County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
2 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Bliss’s ZIP codes.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Specialist doctors | 1 |
|---|---|
| Physical and occupational therapists | 1 |
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Parks (1 nearby)
Grocery stores
Libraries
Museums
Counts are within about 4.5 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 McKinley Township (Emmet County), Munro, Carp Lake Township (Emmet County), Wawatam, Center, Hebron and Mackinaw.
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