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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/48361

48361

ZIP 48361 is in Lake Orion, Michigan, in Oakland County; area codes 248 and 947; Eastern time. Lake Orion has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 48359, 48360 and 48362.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Oakland
Coordinates
42.7845, -83.2397

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 48362, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 48361 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 48361
  • 🔢 Type 48361 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgEBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,361 = 137 × 353. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011110011101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48360 (Lake Orion, MI, 3 mi away) and 48362 (Lake Orion, MI, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48361 becomes 16384, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 55 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13468, 13486, 13648, 13684, 13846, 13864, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86413 in Golden Valley, AZ, 1,736 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 62%.
  • 🎯821 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48361 and you would come out at 42.78°S, 96.76°E — 1,284 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 20m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 01m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees113This ZIP113
Annual payroll$8,215,000This ZIP$8,215,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 48361

ZIPCityDistance
48362 Lake Orion, MI 1.5 mi
48360 Lake Orion, MI 2.8 mi
48363 Oakland, MI 4.0 mi
48370 Oxford, MI 4.6 mi
48359 Lake Orion, MI 4.8 mi
48371 Oxford, MI 4.8 mi
48366 Lakeville, MI 5.2 mi
48306 Rochester, MI 6.3 mi
48367 Leonard, MI 6.3 mi
48326 Auburn Hills, MI 6.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48361?

48361 is in Lake Orion, Michigan, in Oakland County, part of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.7845, -83.2397.

What county is 48361 in?

48361 lies in Oakland County.

What area code is 48361?

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

What time zone is 48361 in?

48361 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 48361?

The closest are 48362 (1.5 mi), 48360 (2.8 mi), 48363 (4 mi), 48370 (4.6 mi) and 48359 (4.8 mi).

Is 48361 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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