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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/48141

48141

ZIP 48141 is Inkster, Michigan, in Wayne County; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Wayne
Population
25,428
Coordinates
42.2939, -83.3203
☼ Live from 48141 — Inkster, MI

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Where 48141 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 48141
  • 🔢 Type 48141 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IhIBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,141 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 1783. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011110000001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48140 (Ida, MI, 31 mi away) and 48143 (Lakeland, MI, 29 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48141 becomes 14184, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14418, 14481, 14814, 14841, 18414, 18441, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84141 in Salt Lake City, UT, 1,477 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 62%.
  • 🎯812 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48141 and you would come out at 42.29°S, 96.68°E — 1,271 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 05m.
  • 📏 At 6.3 square miles of land, 48141 is bigger than 21% of ZIP codes — room for about 4.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population25,428This ZIP25,428
Households9,750This ZIP9,750
Housing units11,517This ZIP11,517
Median age35.0This ZIP35.0Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$39,252This ZIP$39,252Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$80,400This ZIP$80,400Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,170This ZIP$1,170Michigan$1,129US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.1%This ZIP13.1%
Mean commute26.9 minThis ZIP26.9 min
Population density4,066.5 / sq miThis ZIP4,066.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments212This ZIP212
Employees1,740This ZIP1,740
Annual payroll$81,120,000This ZIP$81,120,000
Tax returns filed10,670This ZIP10,670
Total adjusted gross income$367,806,000This ZIP$367,806,000

Land area

Land area6.25 sq miThis ZIP6.25 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 48141

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ZIP codes near 48141

ZIPCityDistance
48135 Garden City, MI 2.4 mi
48186 Westland, MI 2.6 mi
48125 Dearborn Heights, MI 3.1 mi
48127 Dearborn Heights, MI 3.5 mi
48128 Dearborn, MI 3.6 mi
48124 Dearborn, MI 3.7 mi
48184 Wayne, MI 4.1 mi
48185 Westland, MI 4.3 mi
48174 Romulus, MI 5.4 mi
48151 Livonia, MI 5.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48141?

48141 is in Inkster, Michigan, in Wayne County, part of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.2939, -83.3203.

What county is 48141 in?

48141 lies in Wayne County.

What time zone is 48141 in?

48141 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 48141?

About 25,428 people live in ZIP code 48141, in 9,750 households, at 4,066.5 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 48141?

$39,252 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 48141?

The closest are 48135 (2.4 mi), 48186 (2.6 mi), 48125 (3.1 mi), 48127 (3.5 mi) and 48128 (3.6 mi).

Is 48141 a PO Box ZIP code?

48141 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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