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49060

ZIP 49060 is Hickory Corners, Michigan, mostly in Barry County; area code 269; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Barry +1 more
Population
2,660
Coordinates
42.4243, -85.4048
☼ Live from 49060 — Hickory Corners, MI

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Where 49060 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 49060
  • 🔢 Type 49060 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OgOGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,060 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 11 × 223. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011111110100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49058 (Hastings, MI, 16 mi away) and 49061 (Jones, MI, 43 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49060 becomes 06094 — and that is a real ZIP code: Winchester Center, CT, 628 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00694, 04069, 04096, 04609, 06094, 06409, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09604 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,908 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 56%.
  • 🎯708 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49060 and you would come out at 42.42°S, 94.60°E — 1,259 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 04m.
  • 📏 At 19.7 square miles of land, 49060 is bigger than 37% of ZIP codes — room for about 15 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,660This ZIP2,660
Households1,051This ZIP1,051
Housing units1,243This ZIP1,243
Median age51.6This ZIP51.6Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$134,861This ZIP$134,861Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median gross rent$347This ZIP$347Michigan$1,129US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher69.3%This ZIP69.3%
Mean commute26.4 minThis ZIP26.4 min
Population density134.7 / sq miThis ZIP134.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments17This ZIP17
Employees241This ZIP241
Annual payroll$8,121,000This ZIP$8,121,000
Tax returns filed910This ZIP910
Total adjusted gross income$161,867,000This ZIP$161,867,000

Land area

Land area19.74 sq miThis ZIP19.74 sq mi
Water area2.03 sq miThis ZIP2.03 sq mi

Counties 49060 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Barry County 76.4%
Kalamazoo County 23.6%

Other place names in 49060

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

ZIP codes near 49060

ZIPCityDistance
49083 Richland, MI 4.3 mi
49012 Augusta, MI 5.9 mi
49046 Delton, MI 6.6 mi
49020 Bedford, MI 9.0 mi
49004 Kalamazoo, MI 9.4 mi
49053 Galesburg, MI 9.6 mi
49080 Plainwell, MI 9.6 mi
49050 Dowling, MI 9.8 mi
49074 Nazareth, MI 10.0 mi
49037 Battle Creek, MI 10.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49060?

49060 is in Hickory Corners, Michigan, in Barry County, part of the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.4243, -85.4048.

What county is 49060 in?

49060 spans 2 counties: Barry County and Kalamazoo County. Most of it falls in Barry 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 49060?

Hickory Corners uses area code 269, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 49060 in?

49060 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 49060?

About 2,660 people live in ZIP code 49060, in 1,051 households, at 134.7 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 49060?

$134,861 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 49060?

The closest are 49083 (4.3 mi), 49012 (5.9 mi), 49046 (6.6 mi), 49020 (9 mi) and 49004 (9.4 mi).

Is 49060 a PO Box ZIP code?

49060 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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