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48012

ZIP 48012 is in Birmingham, Michigan, in Oakland County; area codes 248 and 947; Eastern time. Birmingham has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 48009.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Oakland
Coordinates
42.5467, -83.2113

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 48009, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 48012 is

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 48012
  • 🔢 Type 48012 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZIOBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,012 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 4001. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011101110001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48009 (Birmingham, MI, 0 mi away) and 48014 (Capac, MI, 36 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48012 becomes 21084 — and that is a real ZIP code: Jarrettsville, MD, 405 miles away.
  • 👥 58 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01824, 01842, 02148, 02184, 02481, 02814, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84120 in West Valley City, UT, 1,485 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 62%.
  • 🎯820 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48012 and you would come out at 42.55°S, 96.79°E — 1,274 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 03m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments20This ZIP20
Employees93This ZIP93
Annual payroll$2,982,000This ZIP$2,982,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 48012

ZIPCityDistance
48009 Birmingham, MI 0.4 mi
48084 Troy, MI 2.1 mi
48073 Royal Oak, MI 3.1 mi
48303 Bloomfield Hills, MI 3.1 mi
48304 Bloomfield Hills, MI 3.1 mi
48017 Clawson, MI 3.2 mi
48025 Franklin, MI 3.3 mi
48099 Troy, MI 3.4 mi
48037 Southfield, MI 3.4 mi
48076 Southfield, MI 3.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48012?

48012 is in Birmingham, Michigan, in Oakland County, part of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.5467, -83.2113.

What county is 48012 in?

48012 lies in Oakland County.

What area code is 48012?

Birmingham uses area codes 248 and 947, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 48012 in?

48012 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 48012?

The closest are 48009 (0.4 mi), 48084 (2.1 mi), 48073 (3.1 mi), 48303 (3.1 mi) and 48304 (3.1 mi).

Is 48012 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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