Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/48770

48770

ZIP 48770 is Whittemore, Michigan, mostly in Iosco County; area code 989; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Iosco +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
1,843
Coordinates
44.2512, -83.8142
☼ Live from 48770 — Whittemore, MI

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 48770 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 48770
  • 🔢 Type 48770 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLLBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,770 = 2 × 5 × 4877. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011111010000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48768 (Vassar, MI, 62 mi away) and 48787 (Frankenmuth, MI, 63 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48770 becomes 07784, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04787, 07748, 07847, 07874, 47708, 47807, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84770 in Saint George, UT, 1,627 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 60%.
  • 🎯816 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48770 and you would come out at 44.25°S, 96.19°E — 1,271 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 51m.
  • 📏 At 69.2 square miles of land, 48770 is bigger than 68% of ZIP codes — room for about 53 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 48770 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population1,843This ZIP1,843
Households689This ZIP689
Housing units987This ZIP987
Median age44.1This ZIP44.1Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$49,957This ZIP$49,957Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$105,500This ZIP$105,500Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$683This ZIP$683Michigan$1,129US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher9.5%This ZIP9.5%
Mean commute31.3 minThis ZIP31.3 min
Population density26.6 / sq miThis ZIP26.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments20This ZIP20
Employees66This ZIP66
Annual payroll$2,392,000This ZIP$2,392,000
Tax returns filed780This ZIP780
Total adjusted gross income$38,388,000This ZIP$38,388,000

Land area

Land area69.21 sq miThis ZIP69.21 sq mi
Water area0.07 sq miThis ZIP0.07 sq mi

Counties 48770 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Iosco County 99.4%
Ogemaw County 0.6%

Other place names in 48770

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

ZIP codes near 48770

ZIPCityDistance
48748 National City, MI 7.9 mi
48756 Prescott, MI 8.0 mi
48765 Turner, MI 8.4 mi
48739 Hale, MI 8.4 mi
48763 Tawas City, MI 9.9 mi
48766 Twining, MI 10.0 mi
48635 Lupton, MI 12.9 mi
48743 Long Lake, MI 13.3 mi
48749 Omer, MI 14.3 mi
48764 Tawas City, MI 14.6 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 48770 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48770?

48770 is in Whittemore, Michigan, in Iosco County. Its published point location is 44.2512, -83.8142.

What county is 48770 in?

48770 spans 2 counties: Iosco County and Ogemaw County. Most of it falls in Iosco 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 48770?

Whittemore uses area code 989, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 48770 in?

48770 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 48770?

About 1,843 people live in ZIP code 48770, in 689 households, at 26.6 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 48770?

$49,957 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 48770?

The closest are 48748 (7.9 mi), 48756 (8 mi), 48765 (8.4 mi), 48739 (8.4 mi) and 48763 (9.9 mi).

Is 48770 a PO Box ZIP code?

48770 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “48770 ZIP Code — Whittemore, Michigan (Iosco County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/48770

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/48770.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.