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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/48086

48086

ZIP 48086 is in Southfield, Michigan, in Oakland County; area codes 248, 947 and 810; Eastern time. Southfield has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 48033, 48034, 48037, 48075 and 48076.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Oakland
Coordinates
42.4734, -83.2219

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 48075, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 48086 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 48086
  • 🔢 Type 48086 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gBOBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,086 = 2 × 24043. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011101111010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48085 (Troy, MI, 10 mi away) and 48088 (Warren, MI, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48086 becomes 68084, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (06488, 08648, 08846, 40868, 46808, 48068, …). The farthest-flung twin is 88046 in Mesilla, NM, 1,467 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 62%.
  • 🎯818 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48086 and you would come out at 42.47°S, 96.78°E — 1,272 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 04m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees372This ZIP372
Annual payroll$15,466,000This ZIP$15,466,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 48086

ZIPCityDistance
48075 Southfield, MI 0.9 mi
48076 Southfield, MI 1.7 mi
48237 Oak Park, MI 2.1 mi
48072 Berkley, MI 2.5 mi
48070 Huntington Woods, MI 2.8 mi
48235 Detroit, MI 3.5 mi
48219 Detroit, MI 3.6 mi
48033 Southfield, MI 3.8 mi
48034 Southfield, MI 3.9 mi
48025 Franklin, MI 3.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48086?

48086 is in Southfield, Michigan, in Oakland County, part of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.4734, -83.2219.

What county is 48086 in?

48086 lies in Oakland County.

What area code is 48086?

Southfield uses area codes 248, 947 and 810, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 48086 in?

48086 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 48086?

The closest are 48075 (0.9 mi), 48076 (1.7 mi), 48237 (2.1 mi), 48072 (2.5 mi) and 48070 (2.8 mi).

Is 48086 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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