Germfask is a township in Schoolcraft County, Michigan, home to about 439 people across 66 square miles. Its ZIP code is 49836, and parts of 49883 are in Germfask too.
Homes sold for a median of $254 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a seller’s market.
Mostly Germfask; also Portage Township and Mueller
Mostly Seney; part is in Germfask
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Germfask. 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)235 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Delta County Airport (ESC)67 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Milwaukee, WI243 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL318 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Germfask; 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.
Germfask had 469 residents in the 2020 census, down 4% since 2000.
It’s the 1420th largest of 1,531 towns in Michigan by population.
Schoolcraft County grew from 7,889 residents in 1900 to 8,047 in 2020.
Schoolcraft County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 77°F in summer, and winter lows average 10°F. About 33.9 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Newberry Correctional Facility, MI weather station (21 miles away).
1,717 jobs at 214 businesses in Schoolcraft County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Germfask.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Nurse practitioners and physician assistants | 1 |
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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)
Museums (1 nearby)
Counts are within about 5.5 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 Portage Township, Seney, Mueller, Doyle and Burt Township (Alger County).
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.