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49099

ZIP 49099 is White Pigeon, Michigan, mostly in St. Joseph County; area code 269; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
St. Joseph +1 more
Metro area
Sturgis, MI
Population
5,942
Coordinates
41.7933, -85.6718
☼ Live from 49099 — White Pigeon, MI

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Where 49099 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 49099
  • 🔢 Type 49099 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GGOGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,099 = 37 × 1327. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011111111001011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49098 (Watervliet, MI, 39 mi away) and 49101 (Baroda, MI, 43 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49099 becomes 99094, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 1 other ZIP code is made of exactly the same digits (09499). The farthest-flung twin is 09499 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,877 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 55%.
  • 🎯688 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49099 and you would come out at 41.79°S, 94.33°E — 1,270 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 13m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 08m.
  • 📏 At 58.0 square miles of land, 49099 is bigger than 64% of ZIP codes — room for about 44 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,942This ZIP5,942
Households2,447This ZIP2,447
Housing units2,820This ZIP2,820
Median age43.3This ZIP43.3Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$70,307This ZIP$70,307Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$176,800This ZIP$176,800Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$941This ZIP$941Michigan$1,129US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.2%This ZIP14.2%
Mean commute19.1 minThis ZIP19.1 min
Population density102.4 / sq miThis ZIP102.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments86This ZIP86
Employees1,201This ZIP1,201
Annual payroll$58,944,000This ZIP$58,944,000
Tax returns filed2,600This ZIP2,600
Total adjusted gross income$232,118,000This ZIP$232,118,000

Land area

Land area58.03 sq miThis ZIP58.03 sq mi
Water area3.22 sq miThis ZIP3.22 sq mi

Counties 49099 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
St. Joseph County 81.6%
Cass County 18.4%

Other place names in 49099

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

ZIP codes near 49099

ZIPCityDistance
49042 Constantine, MI 4.6 mi
46565 Shipshewana, IN 8.4 mi
46540 Middlebury, IN 8.5 mi
46507 Bristol, IN 8.9 mi
49061 Jones, MI 9.2 mi
49130 Union, MI 9.8 mi
49032 Centreville, MI 11.2 mi
49091 Sturgis, MI 11.8 mi
49093 Three Rivers, MI 12.7 mi
49095 Vandalia, MI 13.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49099?

49099 is in White Pigeon, Michigan, in St. Joseph County, part of the Sturgis, MI micropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.7933, -85.6718.

What county is 49099 in?

49099 spans 2 counties: St. Joseph County and Cass County. Most of it falls in St. Joseph 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 49099?

White Pigeon uses area code 269, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 49099 in?

49099 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 49099?

About 5,942 people live in ZIP code 49099, in 2,447 households, at 102.4 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 49099?

$70,307 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 49099?

The closest are 49042 (4.6 mi), 46565 (8.4 mi), 46540 (8.5 mi), 46507 (8.9 mi) and 49061 (9.2 mi).

Is 49099 a PO Box ZIP code?

49099 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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