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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/48308

48308

ZIP 48308 is in Rochester, Michigan, in Oakland County; area codes 248 and 947; Eastern time. Rochester has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 48306, 48307 and 48309.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Oakland
Coordinates
42.6806, -83.1338

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 48307, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 48308 is

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 48308
  • 🔢 Type 48308 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOEBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,308 = 2 × 2 × 13 × 929. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011110010110100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48307 (Rochester, MI, 2 mi away) and 48309 (Rochester, MI, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48308 becomes 80384, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 22 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03848, 03884, 08348, 08834, 38048, 38804, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83804 in Blanchard, ID, 1,670 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 63%.
  • 🎯825 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48308 and you would come out at 42.68°S, 96.87°E — 1,275 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 02m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees18This ZIP18
Annual payroll$1,173,000This ZIP$1,173,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 48308

ZIPCityDistance
48307 Rochester, MI 1.6 mi
48306 Rochester, MI 3.1 mi
48309 Rochester, MI 3.1 mi
48316 Utica, MI 3.9 mi
48317 Utica, MI 4.9 mi
48085 Troy, MI 5.3 mi
48094 Washington, MI 5.6 mi
48326 Auburn Hills, MI 5.6 mi
48098 Troy, MI 6.1 mi
48314 Sterling Heights, MI 6.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48308?

48308 is in Rochester, Michigan, in Oakland County, part of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.6806, -83.1338.

What county is 48308 in?

48308 lies in Oakland County.

What area code is 48308?

Rochester uses area codes 248 and 947, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 48308 in?

48308 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 48308?

The closest are 48307 (1.6 mi), 48306 (3.1 mi), 48309 (3.1 mi), 48316 (3.9 mi) and 48317 (4.9 mi).

Is 48308 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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