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48849

ZIP 48849 is Lake Odessa, Michigan, mostly in Ionia County; area code 616; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Ionia +2 more
Population
5,723
Coordinates
42.7974, -85.1276
☼ Live from 48849 — Lake Odessa, MI

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Where 48849 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 48849
  • 🔢 Type 48849 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhBBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,849 = 3 × 19 × 857. Its digits add up to 33, a total 456 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011111011010001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48848 (Laingsburg, MI, 39 mi away) and 48850 (Lakeview, MI, 44 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48849 becomes 94884, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (44889, 48894, 49848, 49884, 89448, 98448, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98448 in Tacoma, WA, 1,832 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 56%.
  • 🎯727 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48849 and you would come out at 42.80°S, 94.87°E — 1,258 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 83.7 square miles of land, 48849 is bigger than 74% of ZIP codes — room for about 64 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,723This ZIP5,723
Households1,951This ZIP1,951
Housing units2,201This ZIP2,201
Median age37.1This ZIP37.1Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$80,313This ZIP$80,313Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$223,600This ZIP$223,600Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$768This ZIP$768Michigan$1,129US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher21.6%This ZIP21.6%
Mean commute28.3 minThis ZIP28.3 min
Population density68.4 / sq miThis ZIP68.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments114This ZIP114
Employees1,505This ZIP1,505
Annual payroll$69,814,000This ZIP$69,814,000
Tax returns filed2,810This ZIP2,810
Total adjusted gross income$193,816,000This ZIP$193,816,000

Land area

Land area83.71 sq miThis ZIP83.71 sq mi
Water area1.14 sq miThis ZIP1.14 sq mi

Counties 48849 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Ionia County 77.6%
Barry County 17.6%
Eaton County 4.9%

Other place names in 48849

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ZIP codes near 48849

ZIPCityDistance
48897 Woodland, MI 6.5 mi
48815 Clarksville, MI 7.1 mi
48890 Sunfield, MI 8.4 mi
49325 Freeport, MI 9.2 mi
48881 Saranac, MI 10.1 mi
48875 Portland, MI 10.4 mi
48861 Mulliken, MI 11.7 mi
49096 Vermontville, MI 12.7 mi
48846 Ionia, MI 13.5 mi
49302 Alto, MI 14.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48849?

48849 is in Lake Odessa, Michigan, in Ionia County, part of the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.7974, -85.1276.

What county is 48849 in?

48849 spans 3 counties: Ionia County, Barry County and Eaton County. Most of it falls in Ionia 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 48849?

Lake Odessa uses area code 616, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 48849 in?

48849 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 48849?

About 5,723 people live in ZIP code 48849, in 1,951 households, at 68.4 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 48849?

$80,313 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 48849?

The closest are 48897 (6.5 mi), 48815 (7.1 mi), 48890 (8.4 mi), 49325 (9.2 mi) and 48881 (10.1 mi).

Is 48849 a PO Box ZIP code?

48849 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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