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48808

ZIP 48808 is Bath, Michigan, in Clinton County; area code 517; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Clinton
Population
6,527
Coordinates
42.8268, -84.4527
☼ Live from 48808 — Bath, MI

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Where 48808 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 48808
  • 🔢 Type 48808 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOBBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,808 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 6101. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011111010101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48807 (Bannister, MI, 23 mi away) and 48809 (Belding, MI, 44 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48808 becomes 80884, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (08848, 08884, 48088, 48880, 80488, 84088, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84088 in West Jordan, UT, 1,421 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯761 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48808 and you would come out at 42.83°S, 95.55°E — 1,287 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 20m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 01m.
  • 📏 At 25.1 square miles of land, 48808 is bigger than 42% of ZIP codes — room for about 19 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,527This ZIP6,527
Households2,905This ZIP2,905
Housing units2,935This ZIP2,935
Median age42.5This ZIP42.5Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$78,370This ZIP$78,370Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$258,200This ZIP$258,200Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,283This ZIP$1,283Michigan$1,129US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher38.9%This ZIP38.9%
Mean commute21.3 minThis ZIP21.3 min
Population density260.2 / sq miThis ZIP260.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments68This ZIP68
Employees683This ZIP683
Annual payroll$46,383,000This ZIP$46,383,000
Tax returns filed2,890This ZIP2,890
Total adjusted gross income$260,074,000This ZIP$260,074,000

Land area

Land area25.09 sq miThis ZIP25.09 sq mi
Water area0.72 sq miThis ZIP0.72 sq mi

Other place names in 48808

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

ZIP codes near 48808

ZIPCityDistance
48823 East Lansing, MI 4.4 mi
48840 Haslett, MI 5.8 mi
48848 Laingsburg, MI 6.2 mi
48826 East Lansing, MI 6.4 mi
48825 East Lansing, MI 6.8 mi
48912 Lansing, MI 7.1 mi
48824 East Lansing, MI 7.4 mi
48906 Lansing, MI 7.4 mi
48820 Dewitt, MI 7.5 mi
48937 Lansing, MI 7.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48808?

48808 is in Bath, Michigan, in Clinton County, part of the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.8268, -84.4527.

What county is 48808 in?

48808 lies in Clinton County.

What area code is 48808?

Bath uses area code 517, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 48808 in?

48808 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 48808?

About 6,527 people live in ZIP code 48808, in 2,905 households, at 260.2 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 48808?

$78,370 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 48808?

The closest are 48823 (4.4 mi), 48840 (5.8 mi), 48848 (6.2 mi), 48826 (6.4 mi) and 48825 (6.8 mi).

Is 48808 a PO Box ZIP code?

48808 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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