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49251

ZIP 49251 is Leslie, Michigan, mostly in Ingham County; area code 517; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Ingham +1 more
Population
5,958
Coordinates
42.4635, -84.4132
☼ Live from 49251 — Leslie, MI

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Where 49251 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 49251
  • 🔢 Type 49251 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ISZGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,251 = 3 × 16417. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100000001100011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49250 (Jonesville, MI, 32 mi away) and 49252 (Litchfield, MI, 35 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49251 becomes 15294, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12459, 12495, 12549, 12594, 12945, 14529, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95412 in Annapolis, CA, 2,039 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯758 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49251 and you would come out at 42.46°S, 95.59°E — 1,301 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 58.3 square miles of land, 49251 is bigger than 64% of ZIP codes — room for about 44 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,958This ZIP5,958
Households2,262This ZIP2,262
Housing units2,397This ZIP2,397
Median age40.9This ZIP40.9Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$85,253This ZIP$85,253Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$206,300This ZIP$206,300Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,070This ZIP$1,070Michigan$1,129US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.2%This ZIP23.2%
Mean commute26.6 minThis ZIP26.6 min
Population density102.2 / sq miThis ZIP102.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments80This ZIP80
Employees485This ZIP485
Annual payroll$15,955,000This ZIP$15,955,000
Tax returns filed2,940This ZIP2,940
Total adjusted gross income$192,804,000This ZIP$192,804,000

Land area

Land area58.32 sq miThis ZIP58.32 sq mi
Water area0.25 sq miThis ZIP0.25 sq mi

Counties 49251 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Ingham County 94.9%
Jackson County 5.1%

Other place names in 49251

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

ZIP codes near 49251

ZIPCityDistance
49272 Pleasant Lake, MI 5.7 mi
49277 Rives Junction, MI 5.9 mi
49264 Onondaga, MI 7.3 mi
48819 Dansville, MI 8.3 mi
48854 Mason, MI 8.4 mi
48805 Okemos, MI 9.6 mi
49259 Munith, MI 9.8 mi
49285 Stockbridge, MI 10.4 mi
49201 Jackson, MI 10.7 mi
48827 Eaton Rapids, MI 13.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49251?

49251 is in Leslie, Michigan, in Ingham County, part of the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.4635, -84.4132.

What county is 49251 in?

49251 spans 2 counties: Ingham County and Jackson County. Most of it falls in Ingham 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 49251?

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

What time zone is 49251 in?

49251 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 49251?

About 5,958 people live in ZIP code 49251, in 2,262 households, at 102.2 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 49251?

$85,253 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 49251?

The closest are 49272 (5.7 mi), 49277 (5.9 mi), 49264 (7.3 mi), 48819 (8.3 mi) and 48854 (8.4 mi).

Is 49251 a PO Box ZIP code?

49251 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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