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48097

ZIP 48097 is Yale, Michigan, mostly in St. Clair County; area code 810; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
St. Clair +1 more
Population
5,418
Coordinates
43.1219, -82.8274
☼ Live from 48097 — Yale, MI

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Where 48097 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 48097
  • 🔢 Type 48097 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LGOBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,097 = 7 × 6871. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011101111100001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48096 (Ray, MI, 25 mi away) and 48098 (Troy, MI, 40 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48097 becomes 79084 — and that is a real ZIP code: Stratford, TX, 1,122 miles away.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04978, 04987, 07849, 09847, 09874, 47809, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09874 in APO AA, a military post office, 6,762 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 63%.
  • 🎯845 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48097 and you would come out at 43.12°S, 97.17°E — 1,277 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 59m.
  • 📏 At 76.2 square miles of land, 48097 is bigger than 71% of ZIP codes — room for about 58 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,418This ZIP5,418
Households2,184This ZIP2,184
Housing units2,336This ZIP2,336
Median age40.8This ZIP40.8Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$63,659This ZIP$63,659Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$198,700This ZIP$198,700Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$924This ZIP$924Michigan$1,129US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.5%This ZIP13.5%
Mean commute39.4 minThis ZIP39.4 min
Population density71.1 / sq miThis ZIP71.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments81This ZIP81
Employees912This ZIP912
Annual payroll$30,363,000This ZIP$30,363,000
Tax returns filed2,470This ZIP2,470
Total adjusted gross income$140,745,000This ZIP$140,745,000

Land area

Land area76.23 sq miThis ZIP76.23 sq mi
Water area0.53 sq miThis ZIP0.53 sq mi

Counties 48097 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
St. Clair County 77.6%
Sanilac County 22.4%

Other place names in 48097

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ZIP codes near 48097

ZIPCityDistance
48454 Melvin, MI 5.1 mi
48022 Emmett, MI 6.9 mi
48006 Avoca, MI 7.4 mi
48014 Capac, MI 8.5 mi
48416 Brown City, MI 10.3 mi
48466 Peck, MI 11.0 mi
48032 Jeddo, MI 11.6 mi
48444 Imlay City, MI 11.8 mi
48041 Memphis, MI 12.8 mi
48422 Croswell, MI 13.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48097?

48097 is in Yale, Michigan, in St. Clair County, part of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.1219, -82.8274.

What county is 48097 in?

48097 spans 2 counties: St. Clair County and Sanilac County. Most of it falls in St. Clair County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 48097?

Yale uses area code 810, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 48097 in?

48097 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 48097?

About 5,418 people live in ZIP code 48097, in 2,184 households, at 71.1 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 48097?

$63,659 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 48097?

The closest are 48454 (5.1 mi), 48022 (6.9 mi), 48006 (7.4 mi), 48014 (8.5 mi) and 48416 (10.3 mi).

Is 48097 a PO Box ZIP code?

48097 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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