Walker Township is a township in Cheboygan County, Michigan, home to about 496 people across 34 square miles. Its ZIP code is 49705.
Homes sold for a median of $155 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a seller’s market.
Mostly Walker Township; also Koehler and Ellis
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Walker Township. 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)179 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County Airport (PLN)21 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Detroit, MI217 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL292 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Walker Township; 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.
Walker Township had 297 residents in the 2020 census, up 2% since 2000.
It’s the 1396th largest of 1,531 towns in Michigan by population.
Cheboygan County grew from 15,516 residents in 1900 to 25,579 in 2020.
Cheboygan 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 11°F. About 31.9 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 87 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Onaway 4n, MI weather station (12 miles away).
4,794 jobs at 770 businesses in Cheboygan 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.
Parks (1 nearby)
Grocery stores
Libraries
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 Koehler, Ellis and Nunda.
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.