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48170

ZIP 48170 is Plymouth, Michigan, mostly in Wayne County; area code 734; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Wayne +1 more
Population
40,076
Coordinates
42.3677, -83.5343
☼ Live from 48170 — Plymouth, MI

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Where 48170 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 48170
  • 🔢 Type 48170 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLIBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,170 = 2 × 5 × 4817. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011110000101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48169 (Pinckney, MI, 22 mi away) and 48173 (Rockwood, MI, 26 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48170 becomes 07184 — and that is a real ZIP code: Newark, NJ, 492 miles away.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01748, 01784, 04781, 07184, 07418, 07481, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84710 in Alton, UT, 1,564 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 61%.
  • 🎯802 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48170 and you would come out at 42.37°S, 96.47°E — 1,283 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 04m.
  • 📏 At 34.5 square miles of land, 48170 is bigger than 49% of ZIP codes — room for about 26 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population40,076This ZIP40,076
Households17,308This ZIP17,308
Housing units18,143This ZIP18,143
Median age45.6This ZIP45.6Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$114,278This ZIP$114,278Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$417,600This ZIP$417,600Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,227This ZIP$1,227Michigan$1,129US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher60.1%This ZIP60.1%
Mean commute23.3 minThis ZIP23.3 min
Population density1,162.2 / sq miThis ZIP1,162.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,614This ZIP1,614
Employees33,685This ZIP33,685
Annual payroll$2,456,466,000This ZIP$2,456,466,000
Tax returns filed22,090This ZIP22,090
Total adjusted gross income$3,018,883,000This ZIP$3,018,883,000

Land area

Land area34.48 sq miThis ZIP34.48 sq mi
Water area0.22 sq miThis ZIP0.22 sq mi

Counties 48170 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Wayne County 54.7%
Washtenaw County 45.3%

Other place names in 48170

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ZIP codes near 48170

ZIPCityDistance
48168 Northville, MI 2.6 mi
48175 Salem, MI 3.4 mi
48187 Canton, MI 3.9 mi
48167 Northville, MI 4.5 mi
48188 Canton, MI 6.1 mi
48198 Ypsilanti, MI 6.9 mi
48374 Novi, MI 7.4 mi
48375 Novi, MI 7.7 mi
48376 Novi, MI 7.8 mi
48185 Westland, MI 8.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48170?

48170 is in Plymouth, Michigan, in Wayne County, part of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.3677, -83.5343.

What county is 48170 in?

48170 spans 2 counties: Wayne County and Washtenaw County. Most of it falls in Wayne 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 48170?

Plymouth uses area code 734, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 48170 in?

48170 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 48170?

About 40,076 people live in ZIP code 48170, in 17,308 households, at 1,162.2 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 48170?

$114,278 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 48170?

The closest are 48168 (2.6 mi), 48175 (3.4 mi), 48187 (3.9 mi), 48167 (4.5 mi) and 48188 (6.1 mi).

Is 48170 a PO Box ZIP code?

48170 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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