ZIP Code 49017
About Battle Creek
Battle Creek is a city in northwestern Calhoun County, Michigan, United States, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek rivers. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 52,731. It is the principal city of the Battle Creek metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Calhoun County. Nicknamed "Cereal City", it is best known as the home of WK Kellogg Co and the founding city of Post Consumer Brands. In Battle Creek, the Kellogg brothers invented the first cereal by accident in an attempt to make granola.
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Area Profile
US Census (ACS 5-year · Gazetteer)
20,785
population
$58,500
median household income
366
people / sq mi
$134,800
median home value
$946
median gross rent
43.7
median age
9,701
housing units
8,622
households
56.8
land area (sq mi)
Key places in 49017
- Kellogg Arena stadium
- Bailey Park park
- Fell Park park
- Irving Park park
- Piper Park park
- Post Park park
- Walsh Field park
Points of interest
- gas
- pharmacy
- fast_food
- bank
Brands
- Marathon (5)
- Subway (3)
- Citgo (2)
- KFC (1)
- McDonald's (1)
- Pizza Hut (1)
- Rite Aid (1)
- Schlotzsky's (1)
- Shell (1)
- Taco Bell (1)
- Wendy's (1)