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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/48174

48174

ZIP 48174 is Romulus, Michigan, in Wayne County; area code 734; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Wayne
Population
32,211
Coordinates
42.2367, -83.3917
☼ Live from 48174 — Romulus, MI

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Where 48174 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 48174
  • 🔢 Type 48174 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hLIBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,174 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 31 × 37. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011110000101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48173 (Rockwood, MI, 15 mi away) and 48175 (Salem, MI, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48174 becomes 47184, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14478, 14487, 14748, 14784, 14847, 14874, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84714 in Beryl, UT, 1,626 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 62%.
  • 🎯808 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48174 and you would come out at 42.24°S, 96.61°E — 1,272 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 16m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 05m.
  • 📏 At 40.8 square miles of land, 48174 is bigger than 54% of ZIP codes — room for about 31 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population32,211This ZIP32,211
Households12,362This ZIP12,362
Housing units13,403This ZIP13,403
Median age37.4This ZIP37.4Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$67,056This ZIP$67,056Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$162,100This ZIP$162,100Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,058This ZIP$1,058Michigan$1,129US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.7%This ZIP16.7%
Mean commute25.5 minThis ZIP25.5 min
Population density789.4 / sq miThis ZIP789.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments849This ZIP849
Employees27,008This ZIP27,008
Annual payroll$1,540,098,000This ZIP$1,540,098,000
Tax returns filed15,920This ZIP15,920
Total adjusted gross income$861,873,000This ZIP$861,873,000

Land area

Land area40.80 sq miThis ZIP40.80 sq mi
Water area0.23 sq miThis ZIP0.23 sq mi

Other place names in 48174

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ZIP codes near 48174

ZIPCityDistance
48242 Detroit, MI 2.4 mi
48184 Wayne, MI 2.6 mi
48186 Westland, MI 4.1 mi
48112 Belleville, MI 5.3 mi
48141 Inkster, MI 5.4 mi
48188 Canton, MI 6.0 mi
48111 Belleville, MI 6.2 mi
48180 Taylor, MI 6.4 mi
48135 Garden City, MI 6.6 mi
48185 Westland, MI 6.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48174?

48174 is in Romulus, Michigan, in Wayne County, part of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.2367, -83.3917.

What county is 48174 in?

48174 lies in Wayne County.

What area code is 48174?

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

What time zone is 48174 in?

48174 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 48174?

About 32,211 people live in ZIP code 48174, in 12,362 households, at 789.4 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 48174?

$67,056 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 48174?

The closest are 48242 (2.4 mi), 48184 (2.6 mi), 48186 (4.1 mi), 48112 (5.3 mi) and 48141 (5.4 mi).

Is 48174 a PO Box ZIP code?

48174 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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