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48915

ZIP 48915 is in Lansing, Michigan, in Ingham County; area code 517; Eastern time. Lansing has 22 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Ingham
Population
9,428
Coordinates
42.7400, -84.5709
☼ Live from 48915 — Lansing, MI

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Where 48915 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 48915
  • 🔢 Type 48915 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SIGBh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 48,915 = 3 × 3 × 5 × 1087. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011111100010011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 48913 (Lansing, MI, 1 mi away) and 48916 (Lansing, MI, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 48915 becomes 51984, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 41 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14589, 14859, 14895, 15489, 15849, 15948, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95418 in Calpella, CA, 2,013 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯754 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 48915 and you would come out at 42.74°S, 95.43°E — 1,285 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 02m.
  • 📏 At 1.8 square miles of land, 48915 is bigger than 11% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population9,428This ZIP9,428
Households4,321This ZIP4,321
Housing units4,683This ZIP4,683
Median age34.1This ZIP34.1Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$54,465This ZIP$54,465Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$122,900This ZIP$122,900Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,047This ZIP$1,047Michigan$1,129US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher27.9%This ZIP27.9%
Mean commute19.7 minThis ZIP19.7 min
Population density5,229.1 / sq miThis ZIP5,229.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments79This ZIP79
Employees1,069This ZIP1,069
Annual payroll$53,193,000This ZIP$53,193,000
Tax returns filed4,190This ZIP4,190
Total adjusted gross income$191,879,000This ZIP$191,879,000

Land area

Land area1.80 sq miThis ZIP1.80 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 48915

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

ZIP codes near 48915

ZIPCityDistance
48922 Lansing, MI 0.8 mi
48929 Lansing, MI 0.8 mi
48930 Lansing, MI 0.8 mi
48956 Lansing, MI 0.8 mi
48937 Lansing, MI 0.9 mi
48901 Lansing, MI 0.9 mi
48909 Lansing, MI 0.9 mi
48913 Lansing, MI 0.9 mi
48916 Lansing, MI 0.9 mi
48918 Lansing, MI 0.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 48915?

48915 is in Lansing, Michigan, in Ingham County, part of the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.7400, -84.5709.

What county is 48915 in?

48915 lies in Ingham County.

What area code is 48915?

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

What time zone is 48915 in?

48915 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 48915?

About 9,428 people live in ZIP code 48915, in 4,321 households, at 5,229.1 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 48915?

$54,465 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 48915?

The closest are 48922 (0.8 mi), 48929 (0.8 mi), 48930 (0.8 mi), 48956 (0.8 mi) and 48937 (0.9 mi).

Is 48915 a PO Box ZIP code?

48915 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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