48222

ZIP 48222 is in Detroit, Michigan, in Wayne County; area code 313; Eastern time. Detroit has 46 ZIP codes in all.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/Detroit
County: Wayne
Metro area: Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
Coordinates: 42.2399, -83.1508

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 48229, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 48222

🔢 Type 48222 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZZZBh — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 48,222 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 19 × 47. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011110001011110
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48221 (Detroit, MI, 13 mi away) and 48223 (Detroit, MI, 12 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 48222 becomes 22284, which is not a ZIP code at all.
👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22428, 22482, 22824, 22842, 24228, 24282, …). The farthest-flung twin is 82422 in Emblem, WY, 1,272 miles away.
🧭 Farther north than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 62%.
🎯820 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48222 and you would come out at 42.24°S, 96.85°E — 1,261 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
☀Longest day of the year: 15h 16m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 05m.

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ZIP codes near 48222

ZIP	City	Distance
`48121`	Dearborn, MI	0.0 mi
`48123`	Dearborn, MI	0.0 mi
`48136`	Garden City, MI	0.0 mi
`48244`	Detroit, MI	0.0 mi
`48260`	Detroit, MI	0.0 mi
`48265`	Detroit, MI	0.0 mi
`48266`	Detroit, MI	0.0 mi
`48277`	Detroit, MI	0.0 mi
`48278`	Detroit, MI	0.0 mi
`48288`	Detroit, MI	0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48222?

48222 is in Detroit, Michigan, in Wayne County, part of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.2399, -83.1508.

What county is 48222 in?

48222 lies in Wayne County.

What area code is 48222?

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

What time zone is 48222 in?

48222 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 48222?

The closest are 48121 (0 mi), 48123 (0 mi), 48136 (0 mi), 48244 (0 mi) and 48260 (0 mi).

Is 48222 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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