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48811

ZIP 48811 is Carson City, Michigan, mostly in Montcalm County; area code 989; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Montcalm +1 more
Population
7,440
Coordinates
43.1839, -84.8560
☼ Live from 48811 — Carson City, MI

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Where 48811 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 48811
  • 🔢 Type 48811 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IIBBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,811 = 7 × 19 × 367. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011111010101011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48809 (Belding, MI, 22 mi away) and 48812 (Cedar Lake, MI, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48811 becomes 11884, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14818, 14881, 18814, 48118, 81148, 81418, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84118 in Salt Lake City, UT, 1,402 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 84% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 57%.
  • 🎯746 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48811 and you would come out at 43.18°S, 95.14°E — 1,257 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 59m.
  • 📏 At 61.8 square miles of land, 48811 is bigger than 65% of ZIP codes — room for about 47 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population7,440This ZIP7,440
Households1,926This ZIP1,926
Housing units2,015This ZIP2,015
Median age40.1This ZIP40.1Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$70,625This ZIP$70,625Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$170,800This ZIP$170,800Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$703This ZIP$703Michigan$1,129US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher11.1%This ZIP11.1%
Mean commute23.2 minThis ZIP23.2 min
Population density120.4 / sq miThis ZIP120.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments82This ZIP82
Employees923This ZIP923
Annual payroll$52,456,000This ZIP$52,456,000
Tax returns filed1,460This ZIP1,460
Total adjusted gross income$79,844,000This ZIP$79,844,000

Land area

Land area61.79 sq miThis ZIP61.79 sq mi
Water area0.21 sq miThis ZIP0.21 sq mi

Counties 48811 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Montcalm County 63.0%
Gratiot County 37.0%

Other place names in 48811

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

ZIP codes near 48811

ZIPCityDistance
48845 Hubbardston, MI 5.0 mi
48856 Middleton, MI 6.2 mi
48818 Crystal, MI 6.5 mi
48889 Sumner, MI 7.4 mi
48870 Palo, MI 8.3 mi
48871 Perrinton, MI 9.4 mi
48834 Fenwick, MI 9.6 mi
48860 Muir, MI 9.6 mi
48884 Sheridan, MI 9.9 mi
48853 Maple Rapids, MI 10.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48811?

48811 is in Carson City, Michigan, in Montcalm County, part of the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.1839, -84.8560.

What county is 48811 in?

48811 spans 2 counties: Montcalm County and Gratiot County. Most of it falls in Montcalm 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 48811?

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

What time zone is 48811 in?

48811 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 48811?

About 7,440 people live in ZIP code 48811, in 1,926 households, at 120.4 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 48811?

$70,625 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 48811?

The closest are 48845 (5 mi), 48856 (6.2 mi), 48818 (6.5 mi), 48889 (7.4 mi) and 48870 (8.3 mi).

Is 48811 a PO Box ZIP code?

48811 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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