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46249

ZIP 46249 is in Indianapolis, Indiana, in Marion County; area codes 317 and 463; Eastern time. Indianapolis has 63 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
County
Marion
Coordinates
39.8590, -86.0061

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 46216, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 46249
  • 🔢 Type 46249 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhZgh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 46,249 = 7 × 6607. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011010010101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 46247 (Indianapolis, IN, 9 mi away) and 46250 (Indianapolis, IN, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 46249 becomes 94264, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24469, 24649, 24946, 29446, 29464, 29644, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94624 in Oakland, CA, 1,944 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 55% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 54%.
  • 🎯666 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 46249 and you would come out at 39.86°S, 93.99°E — 1,333 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 00m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 20m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees103This ZIP103
Annual payroll$6,455,000This ZIP$6,455,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 46249

ZIPCityDistance
46216 Indianapolis, IN 0.5 mi
46235 Indianapolis, IN 2.3 mi
46226 Indianapolis, IN 2.6 mi
46236 Indianapolis, IN 3.3 mi
46256 Indianapolis, IN 3.4 mi
46250 Indianapolis, IN 4.2 mi
46213 Indianapolis, IN 4.6 mi
46229 Indianapolis, IN 5.1 mi
46220 Indianapolis, IN 5.5 mi
46219 Indianapolis, IN 5.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 46249?

46249 is in Indianapolis, Indiana, in Marion County, part of the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.8590, -86.0061.

What county is 46249 in?

46249 lies in Marion County.

What area code is 46249?

Indianapolis uses area codes 317 and 463, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 46249 in?

46249 uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis.

What ZIP codes are near 46249?

The closest are 46216 (0.5 mi), 46235 (2.3 mi), 46226 (2.6 mi), 46236 (3.3 mi) and 46256 (3.4 mi).

Is 46249 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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