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Mears
MichiganCDP
Total population
204
Median home value
$131,300
Bachelor's+
Median income
$44,583
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Mears is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Golden Township, Oceana County, Michigan, United States. As of the 2020 census, Mears had a population of 332.
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Geography
The Silver Lake Sand Dunes are the biggest attraction in Mears, bringing in over a million visitors in a year. Mears is on the west side of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, west of Hart, south of Ludington, and north of Muskegon. The Mears ZIP code, 49436, includes most of Golden Township as well as small areas of Pentwater Township to the north, Hart Township to the east, and Benona Township to the south. Mears was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
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Demographics & economy
Race & ethnicity
Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Current forecast
Forecast for Mears, MI from NOAA NWS API.
Air quality
Industrial & pollution facilities
Natural hazard risk
Health (adults)
Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Schools
Largest nearby schools
- Hart High SchoolHigh · HART · 433 students · 21.6:1 ratio
- Spitler Elementary SchoolElementary · HART · 425 students · 12.5:1 ratio
- Hart Middle SchoolMiddle · HART · 388 students · 16.9:1 ratio
- Shelby High SchoolHigh · SHELBY · 376 students · 15.7:1 ratio
- Thomas Read Elementary SchoolElementary · SHELBY · 314 students · 15:1 ratio
- Shelby Middle SchoolMiddle · SHELBY · 276 students · 13.8:1 ratio
- Pentwater Public SchoolOther · PENTWATER · 232 students · 13.6:1 ratio
- New Era Elementary SchoolElementary · NEW ERA · 160 students · 14.5:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
Earthquake history
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Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Mears
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library