PelkieMI
The town was settled in 1903 and has 13 residents today.
Is Pelkie a good place to live?
Of the 702 Michigan towns we compare, none has a higher home-ownership rate than Pelkie. Pelkie’s midsummer high is 78°F, where Michigan’s towns sit at 82°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. Pelkie has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
13 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Pelkie.
The typical home in Pelkie: about $160K
Home values are up 3.9% over the year to September 2026.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Pelkie has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from cold waves
FEMA puts 47% of Pelkie’s expected hazard losses down to cold waves, and 32% to inland flooding. On expected storm and flood damage, Pelkie sits below 74% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Compared with most of Michigan and the rest of the country, a typical January night in Pelkie is colder
Expect cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers in Pelkie. July afternoons reach 78°, January nights drop to 8° and about 121 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Pelkie is
Among adults in Pelkie, 30% feel lonely. Against the Michigan average, Pelkie comes out ahead on 6 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 9. 14% of adults locally have diabetes; 31% sleep under 7 hours.
| Pelkie | Typical Michigan town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 36% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 12% | 12% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Pelkie | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.4% | 11.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.2% | 8.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.7% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Pelkie
Moving to Pelkie: who provides what
Pelkie is unincorporated, so Baraga County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Pelkie
About 0 of every 100 Pelkie residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Pelkie
Census-designated place & unincorporated community in Michigan, United States
Pelkie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Baraga County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The CDP had a population of 51 at the 2020 census, which ranks it the second-least populated CDP in the state of Michigan. The community is located along the Sturgeon River in the northeast portion of Baraga Township.
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- Area
- 1.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 663 ft
- ZIP code
- 49958
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