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48428

ZIP 48428 is Dryden, Michigan, mostly in Lapeer County; area code 810; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Lapeer +1 more
Population
5,151
Coordinates
42.9382, -83.1545
☼ Live from 48428 — Dryden, MI

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Where 48428 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 48428
  • 🔢 Type 48428 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BZhBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,428 = 2 × 2 × 12107. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011110100101100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48427 (Deckerville, MI, 47 mi away) and 48429 (Durand, MI, 43 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48428 becomes 82484, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24848, 24884, 28448, 44288, 44828, 44882, …). The farthest-flung twin is 88244 in Hobbs, NM, 1,296 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 62%.
  • 🎯827 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48428 and you would come out at 42.94°S, 96.85°E — 1,285 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 21m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 00m.
  • 📏 At 33.0 square miles of land, 48428 is bigger than 48% of ZIP codes — room for about 25 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,151This ZIP5,151
Households1,985This ZIP1,985
Housing units2,078This ZIP2,078
Median age43.5This ZIP43.5Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$100,033This ZIP$100,033Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$311,600This ZIP$311,600Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,165This ZIP$1,165Michigan$1,129US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.0%This ZIP23.0%
Mean commute37.4 minThis ZIP37.4 min
Population density156.0 / sq miThis ZIP156.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments76This ZIP76
Employees371This ZIP371
Annual payroll$15,728,000This ZIP$15,728,000
Tax returns filed2,570This ZIP2,570
Total adjusted gross income$222,752,000This ZIP$222,752,000

Land area

Land area33.03 sq miThis ZIP33.03 sq mi
Water area0.62 sq miThis ZIP0.62 sq mi

Counties 48428 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Lapeer County 98.7%
Oakland County 1.3%

Other place names in 48428

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

ZIP codes near 48428

ZIPCityDistance
48003 Almont, MI 5.8 mi
48455 Metamora, MI 6.9 mi
48370 Oxford, MI 7.0 mi
48367 Leonard, MI 7.1 mi
48366 Lakeville, MI 8.1 mi
48065 Romeo, MI 8.7 mi
48371 Oxford, MI 9.2 mi
48412 Attica, MI 9.2 mi
48444 Imlay City, MI 10.0 mi
48363 Oakland, MI 11.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48428?

48428 is in Dryden, Michigan, in Lapeer County, part of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.9382, -83.1545.

What county is 48428 in?

48428 spans 2 counties: Lapeer County and Oakland County. Most of it falls in Lapeer County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 48428?

Dryden uses area code 810, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 48428 in?

48428 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 48428?

About 5,151 people live in ZIP code 48428, in 1,985 households, at 156.0 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 48428?

$100,033 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 48428?

The closest are 48003 (5.8 mi), 48455 (6.9 mi), 48370 (7 mi), 48367 (7.1 mi) and 48366 (8.1 mi).

Is 48428 a PO Box ZIP code?

48428 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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