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49501

ZIP 49501 is in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in Kent County; area code 616; Eastern time. Grand Rapids has 26 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Kent
Coordinates
42.9842, -85.6291

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 49505, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 49501 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 49501
  • 🔢 Type 49501 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOSGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,501 = 59 × 839. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100000101011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49468 (Grandville, MI, 9 mi away) and 49502 (Grand Rapids, MI, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49501 becomes 10594 — and that is a real ZIP code: Thornwood, NY, 621 miles away.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01945, 04915, 04951, 05149, 05491, 09154, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09154 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,270 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 55%.
  • 🎯705 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49501 and you would come out at 42.98°S, 94.37°E — 1,230 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 00m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments34This ZIP34
Employees2,825This ZIP2,825
Annual payroll$221,836,000This ZIP$221,836,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 49501

ZIPCityDistance
49505 Grand Rapids, MI 1.0 mi
49503 Grand Rapids, MI 2.2 mi
49502 Grand Rapids, MI 2.4 mi
49523 Grand Rapids, MI 2.4 mi
49555 Grand Rapids, MI 2.4 mi
49506 Grand Rapids, MI 2.8 mi
49525 Grand Rapids, MI 3.2 mi
49507 Grand Rapids, MI 3.9 mi
49504 Grand Rapids, MI 4.1 mi
49510 Grand Rapids, MI 5.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49501?

49501 is in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in Kent County, part of the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.9842, -85.6291.

What county is 49501 in?

49501 lies in Kent County.

What area code is 49501?

Grand Rapids uses area code 616, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 49501 in?

49501 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 49501?

The closest are 49505 (1 mi), 49503 (2.2 mi), 49502 (2.4 mi), 49523 (2.4 mi) and 49555 (2.4 mi).

Is 49501 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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