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48879

ZIP 48879 is Saint Johns, Michigan, mostly in Clinton County; area code 989; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Clinton +1 more
Population
18,413
Coordinates
43.0067, -84.5792
☼ Live from 48879 — Saint Johns, MI

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Where 48879 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 48879
  • 🔢 Type 48879 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLBBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,879 = 3 × 3 × 5431. Its digits add up to 36, a total 149 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011111011101111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48878 (Rosebush, MI, 49 mi away) and 48880 (Saint Louis, MI, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48879 becomes 97884 — and that is a real ZIP code: Unity, OR, 1,671 miles away.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (47988, 48897, 49788, 49878, 49887, 78948, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97488 in Vida, OR, 1,879 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯757 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48879 and you would come out at 43.01°S, 95.42°E — 1,276 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 00m.
  • 📏 At 191.3 square miles of land, 48879 is bigger than 90% of ZIP codes — room for about 145 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population18,413This ZIP18,413
Households7,178This ZIP7,178
Housing units7,571This ZIP7,571
Median age43.7This ZIP43.7Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$79,129This ZIP$79,129Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$229,100This ZIP$229,100Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$922This ZIP$922Michigan$1,129US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher24.6%This ZIP24.6%
Mean commute25.1 minThis ZIP25.1 min
Population density96.3 / sq miThis ZIP96.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments356This ZIP356
Employees5,013This ZIP5,013
Annual payroll$238,435,000This ZIP$238,435,000
Tax returns filed9,020This ZIP9,020
Total adjusted gross income$647,386,000This ZIP$647,386,000

Land area

Land area191.28 sq miThis ZIP191.28 sq mi
Water area0.67 sq miThis ZIP0.67 sq mi

Counties 48879 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Clinton County 96.2%
Gratiot County 3.8%

Other place names in 48879

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ZIP codes near 48879

ZIPCityDistance
48833 Eureka, MI 7.5 mi
48853 Maple Rapids, MI 8.5 mi
48835 Fowler, MI 8.7 mi
48820 Dewitt, MI 9.9 mi
48866 Ovid, MI 10.0 mi
48871 Perrinton, MI 11.4 mi
48831 Elsie, MI 12.1 mi
48894 Westphalia, MI 12.2 mi
48874 Pompeii, MI 12.4 mi
48873 Pewamo, MI 12.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48879?

48879 is in Saint Johns, Michigan, in Clinton County, part of the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.0067, -84.5792.

What county is 48879 in?

48879 spans 2 counties: Clinton County and Gratiot County. Most of it falls in Clinton 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 48879?

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

What time zone is 48879 in?

48879 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 48879?

About 18,413 people live in ZIP code 48879, in 7,178 households, at 96.3 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 48879?

$79,129 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 48879?

The closest are 48833 (7.5 mi), 48853 (8.5 mi), 48835 (8.7 mi), 48820 (9.9 mi) and 48866 (10 mi).

Is 48879 a PO Box ZIP code?

48879 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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