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48203

ZIP 48203 is Highland Park, Michigan, in Wayne County; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Wayne
Population
20,049
Coordinates
42.4212, -83.1055
☼ Live from 48203 — Highland Park, MI

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Where 48203 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 48203
  • 🔢 Type 48203 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EOZBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,203 = 19 × 43 × 59. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011110001001011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48202 (Detroit, MI, 4 mi away) and 48204 (Detroit, MI, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48203 becomes 30284 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sunny Side, GA, 631 miles away.
  • 👥 62 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02348, 03284, 03824, 03842, 04238, 08234, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83204 in Pocatello, ID, 1,488 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 63%.
  • 🎯824 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48203 and you would come out at 42.42°S, 96.89°E — 1,265 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 04m.
  • 📏 At 8.2 square miles of land, 48203 is bigger than 25% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population20,049This ZIP20,049
Households8,534This ZIP8,534
Housing units13,468This ZIP13,468
Median age39.4This ZIP39.4Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$38,404This ZIP$38,404Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$76,200This ZIP$76,200Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$801This ZIP$801Michigan$1,129US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.7%This ZIP19.7%
Mean commute23.7 minThis ZIP23.7 min
Population density2,441.7 / sq miThis ZIP2,441.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments375This ZIP375
Employees10,913This ZIP10,913
Annual payroll$636,290,000This ZIP$636,290,000
Tax returns filed7,810This ZIP7,810
Total adjusted gross income$356,819,000This ZIP$356,819,000

Land area

Land area8.21 sq miThis ZIP8.21 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 48203

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 48203

ZIPCityDistance
48221 Detroit, MI 2.3 mi
48238 Detroit, MI 2.5 mi
48212 Hamtramck, MI 2.6 mi
48030 Hazel Park, MI 2.8 mi
48220 Ferndale, MI 3.0 mi
48206 Detroit, MI 3.2 mi
48234 Detroit, MI 3.4 mi
48202 Detroit, MI 3.5 mi
48069 Pleasant Ridge, MI 4.0 mi
48091 Warren, MI 4.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48203?

48203 is in Highland Park, Michigan, in Wayne County, part of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.4212, -83.1055.

What county is 48203 in?

48203 lies in Wayne County.

What time zone is 48203 in?

48203 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 48203?

About 20,049 people live in ZIP code 48203, in 8,534 households, at 2,441.7 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 48203?

$38,404 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 48203?

The closest are 48221 (2.3 mi), 48238 (2.5 mi), 48212 (2.6 mi), 48030 (2.8 mi) and 48220 (3 mi).

Is 48203 a PO Box ZIP code?

48203 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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