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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/48218

48218

ZIP 48218 is River Rouge, Michigan, in Wayne County; area code 313; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Wayne
Population
7,011
Coordinates
42.2704, -83.1315
☼ Live from 48218 — River Rouge, MI

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Where 48218 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 48218
  • 🔢 Type 48218 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BIZBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,218 = 2 × 24109. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011110001011010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48217 (Detroit, MI, 1 mi away) and 48219 (Detroit, MI, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48218 becomes 81284, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12848, 12884, 14882, 18248, 18428, 18824, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84128 in West Valley City, UT, 1,493 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 63%.
  • 🎯821 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48218 and you would come out at 42.27°S, 96.87°E — 1,262 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 16m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 05m.
  • 📏 At 2.2 square miles of land, 48218 is bigger than 12% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population7,011This ZIP7,011
Households2,752This ZIP2,752
Housing units3,132This ZIP3,132
Median age34.4This ZIP34.4Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$41,033This ZIP$41,033Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$65,200This ZIP$65,200Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$839This ZIP$839Michigan$1,129US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher6.6%This ZIP6.6%
Mean commute25.6 minThis ZIP25.6 min
Population density3,214.6 / sq miThis ZIP3,214.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments79This ZIP79
Employees857This ZIP857
Annual payroll$63,841,000This ZIP$63,841,000
Tax returns filed2,950This ZIP2,950
Total adjusted gross income$98,763,000This ZIP$98,763,000

Land area

Land area2.18 sq miThis ZIP2.18 sq mi
Water area0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi

Other place names in 48218

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

ZIP codes near 48218

ZIPCityDistance
48217 Detroit, MI 1.3 mi
48229 Ecorse, MI 1.5 mi
48121 Dearborn, MI 2.3 mi
48123 Dearborn, MI 2.3 mi
48136 Garden City, MI 2.3 mi
48222 Detroit, MI 2.3 mi
48244 Detroit, MI 2.3 mi
48260 Detroit, MI 2.3 mi
48265 Detroit, MI 2.3 mi
48266 Detroit, MI 2.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48218?

48218 is in River Rouge, Michigan, in Wayne County, part of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.2704, -83.1315.

What county is 48218 in?

48218 lies in Wayne County.

What area code is 48218?

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

What time zone is 48218 in?

48218 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 48218?

About 7,011 people live in ZIP code 48218, in 2,752 households, at 3,214.6 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 48218?

$41,033 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 48218?

The closest are 48217 (1.3 mi), 48229 (1.5 mi), 48121 (2.3 mi), 48123 (2.3 mi) and 48136 (2.3 mi).

Is 48218 a PO Box ZIP code?

48218 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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