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48068

ZIP 48068 is in Royal Oak, Michigan, in Oakland County; area codes 248 and 947; Eastern time. Royal Oak has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 48067 and 48073.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Oakland
Coordinates
42.4895, -83.1446

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 48067, 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 48068
  • 🔢 Type 48068 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BgOBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,068 = 2 × 2 × 61 × 197. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011101111000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48067 (Royal Oak, MI, 0 mi away) and 48069 (Pleasant Ridge, MI, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48068 becomes 86084, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (06488, 08648, 08846, 40868, 46808, 48086, …). The farthest-flung twin is 88046 in Mesilla, NM, 1,471 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 63%.
  • 🎯822 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48068 and you would come out at 42.49°S, 96.86°E — 1,269 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 establishments12This ZIP12
Employees175This ZIP175
Annual payroll$7,368,000This ZIP$7,368,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 48068

ZIPCityDistance
48067 Royal Oak, MI 0.4 mi
48069 Pleasant Ridge, MI 1.2 mi
48070 Huntington Woods, MI 1.3 mi
48072 Berkley, MI 2.2 mi
48220 Ferndale, MI 2.2 mi
48073 Royal Oak, MI 2.3 mi
48071 Madison Heights, MI 2.4 mi
48237 Oak Park, MI 2.6 mi
48030 Hazel Park, MI 3.1 mi
48017 Clawson, MI 3.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48068?

48068 is in Royal Oak, Michigan, in Oakland County, part of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.4895, -83.1446.

What county is 48068 in?

48068 lies in Oakland County.

What area code is 48068?

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

What time zone is 48068 in?

48068 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 48068?

The closest are 48067 (0.4 mi), 48069 (1.2 mi), 48070 (1.3 mi), 48072 (2.2 mi) and 48220 (2.2 mi).

Is 48068 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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