Speaker is a township in Sanilac County, Michigan, home to about 1,370 people across 35 square miles. Its ZIP code is 48454, and parts of 48097 and 48466 are in Speaker too.
Homes sold for a median of $75 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a seller’s market.
Mostly Speaker; also Fremont Township (Sanilac County) and Maple Valley Township (Sanilac County)
Mostly Yale; part is in Speaker
Mostly Elk Township (Sanilac County); part is in Speaker
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Speaker. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW)73 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Bishop International Airport (FNT)48 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Detroit, MI58 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL264 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Speaker; 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.
Speaker had 1,343 residents in the 2020 census, down 5% since 2000.
It’s the 1035th largest of 1,531 towns in Michigan by population.
Sanilac County grew from 35,055 residents in 1900 to 40,611 in 2020.
Sanilac County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 82°F in summer, and winter lows average 12°F. About 31.4 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 41 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Yale 1 Nnw, MI weather station (4 miles away).
8,997 jobs at 848 businesses in Sanilac 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
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 Yale, Brockway, Elk Township (Sanilac County), Lynn, Fremont Township (Sanilac County), Maple Valley Township (Sanilac County) and Buel.
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.