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48208

ZIP 48208 is in Detroit, Michigan, in Wayne County; area code 313; Eastern time. Detroit has 46 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Wayne
Population
8,037
Coordinates
42.3485, -83.0918
☼ Live from 48208 — Detroit, MI

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Where 48208 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 48208
  • 🔢 Type 48208 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOZBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,208 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 23 × 131. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011110001010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48207 (Detroit, MI, 4 mi away) and 48209 (Detroit, MI, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48208 becomes 80284, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04288, 08248, 08824, 20848, 20884, 24088, …). The farthest-flung twin is 88042 in Hillsboro, NM, 1,486 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 48208 and you would come out at 42.35°S, 96.91°E — 1,262 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 04m.
  • 📏 At 3.2 square miles of land, 48208 is bigger than 15% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population8,037This ZIP8,037
Households3,978This ZIP3,978
Housing units5,171This ZIP5,171
Median age36.9This ZIP36.9Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$36,194This ZIP$36,194Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$176,400This ZIP$176,400Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$896This ZIP$896Michigan$1,129US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher24.7%This ZIP24.7%
Mean commute23.4 minThis ZIP23.4 min
Population density2,504.5 / sq miThis ZIP2,504.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments147This ZIP147
Employees2,794This ZIP2,794
Annual payroll$205,899,000This ZIP$205,899,000
Tax returns filed2,840This ZIP2,840
Total adjusted gross income$118,431,000This ZIP$118,431,000

Land area

Land area3.21 sq miThis ZIP3.21 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 48208

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

ZIP codes near 48208

ZIPCityDistance
48201 Detroit, MI 1.6 mi
48216 Detroit, MI 1.7 mi
48202 Detroit, MI 1.9 mi
48206 Detroit, MI 2.0 mi
48210 Detroit, MI 2.1 mi
48233 Detroit, MI 2.3 mi
48226 Detroit, MI 2.4 mi
48231 Detroit, MI 2.6 mi
48232 Detroit, MI 2.6 mi
48255 Detroit, MI 2.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48208?

48208 is in Detroit, Michigan, in Wayne County, part of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.3485, -83.0918.

What county is 48208 in?

48208 lies in Wayne County.

What area code is 48208?

Detroit uses area code 313, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 48208 in?

48208 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 48208?

About 8,037 people live in ZIP code 48208, in 3,978 households, at 2,504.5 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 48208?

$36,194 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 48208?

The closest are 48201 (1.6 mi), 48216 (1.7 mi), 48202 (1.9 mi), 48206 (2 mi) and 48210 (2.1 mi).

Is 48208 a PO Box ZIP code?

48208 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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