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48343

ZIP 48343 is in Pontiac, Michigan, in Oakland County; area codes 248 and 947; Eastern time. Pontiac has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 48340, 48341 and 48342.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Oakland
Coordinates
42.6389, -83.2910

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 48342, 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 48343
  • 🔢 Type 48343 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EhEBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,343 = 29 × 1667. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011110011010111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48342 (Pontiac, MI, 1 mi away) and 48346 (Clarkston, MI, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48343 becomes 34384, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33448, 33484, 33844, 34483, 38344, 43348, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83344 in Murtaugh, ID, 1,562 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 62%.
  • 🎯817 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48343 and you would come out at 42.64°S, 96.71°E — 1,281 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 establishments7This ZIP7
Employees358This ZIP358
Annual payroll$21,291,000This ZIP$21,291,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 48343

ZIPCityDistance
48341 Pontiac, MI 0.9 mi
48342 Pontiac, MI 0.9 mi
48007 Troy, MI 2.3 mi
48340 Pontiac, MI 2.3 mi
48320 Keego Harbor, MI 3.0 mi
48328 Waterford, MI 3.8 mi
48302 Bloomfield Hills, MI 4.0 mi
48326 Auburn Hills, MI 4.2 mi
48303 Bloomfield Hills, MI 4.5 mi
48330 Drayton Plains, MI 4.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48343?

48343 is in Pontiac, Michigan, in Oakland County, part of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.6389, -83.2910.

What county is 48343 in?

48343 lies in Oakland County.

What area code is 48343?

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

What time zone is 48343 in?

48343 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 48343?

The closest are 48341 (0.9 mi), 48342 (0.9 mi), 48007 (2.3 mi), 48340 (2.3 mi) and 48320 (3 mi).

Is 48343 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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