Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/49457

49457

ZIP 49457 is Twin Lake, Michigan, mostly in Muskegon County; area code 231; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Muskegon +1 more
Population
11,086
Coordinates
43.3515, -86.1452
☼ Live from 49457 — Twin Lake, MI

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 49457 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 49457
  • 🔢 Type 49457 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LShGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,457 = 19 × 19 × 137. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100000100110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49456 (Spring Lake, MI, 18 mi away) and 49458 (Walhalla, MI, 41 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49457 becomes 75494 — and that is a real ZIP code: Winnsboro, TX, 873 miles away.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (45479, 47459, 47549, 47954, 49745, 54479, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94547 in Hercules, CA, 1,912 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 85% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 53%.
  • 🎯686 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49457 and you would come out at 43.35°S, 93.85°E — 1,195 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 58m.
  • 📏 At 81.1 square miles of land, 49457 is bigger than 73% of ZIP codes — room for about 62 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 49457 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population11,086This ZIP11,086
Households4,268This ZIP4,268
Housing units4,819This ZIP4,819
Median age43.1This ZIP43.1Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$78,225This ZIP$78,225Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$222,300This ZIP$222,300Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,105This ZIP$1,105Michigan$1,129US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.6%This ZIP20.6%
Mean commute24.5 minThis ZIP24.5 min
Population density136.8 / sq miThis ZIP136.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments72This ZIP72
Employees471This ZIP471
Annual payroll$21,586,000This ZIP$21,586,000
Tax returns filed5,150This ZIP5,150
Total adjusted gross income$319,369,000This ZIP$319,369,000

Land area

Land area81.06 sq miThis ZIP81.06 sq mi
Water area3.90 sq miThis ZIP3.90 sq mi

Counties 49457 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Muskegon County 97.1%
Newaygo County 2.9%

Other place names in 49457

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

ZIP codes near 49457

ZIPCityDistance
49425 Holton, MI 7.1 mi
49442 Muskegon, MI 7.6 mi
49445 Muskegon, MI 8.5 mi
49461 Whitehall, MI 9.5 mi
49440 Muskegon, MI 9.6 mi
49443 Muskegon, MI 10.2 mi
49444 Muskegon, MI 12.4 mi
49452 Rothbury, MI 12.5 mi
49412 Fremont, MI 12.9 mi
49451 Ravenna, MI 13.1 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 49457 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49457?

49457 is in Twin Lake, Michigan, in Muskegon County, part of the Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.3515, -86.1452.

What county is 49457 in?

49457 spans 2 counties: Muskegon County and Newaygo County. Most of it falls in Muskegon 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 49457?

Twin Lake uses area code 231, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 49457 in?

49457 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 49457?

About 11,086 people live in ZIP code 49457, in 4,268 households, at 136.8 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 49457?

$78,225 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 49457?

The closest are 49425 (7.1 mi), 49442 (7.6 mi), 49445 (8.5 mi), 49461 (9.5 mi) and 49440 (9.6 mi).

Is 49457 a PO Box ZIP code?

49457 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “49457 ZIP Code — Twin Lake, Michigan (Muskegon County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/49457

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/49457.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.