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49518

ZIP 49518 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
43.0314, -85.5503

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 49525, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 49518 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 49518
  • 🔢 Type 49518 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BISGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,518 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 7 × 131. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100000101101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49516 (Grand Rapids, MI, 0 mi away) and 49519 (Wyoming, MI, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49518 becomes 81594, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 41 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14589, 14859, 14895, 15489, 15849, 15948, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95418 in Calpella, CA, 1,961 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 55%.
  • 🎯709 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49518 and you would come out at 43.03°S, 94.45°E — 1,232 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 establishments7This ZIP7
Employees439This ZIP439
Annual payroll$30,944,000This ZIP$30,944,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 49518

ZIPCityDistance
49510 Grand Rapids, MI 0.0 mi
49514 Grand Rapids, MI 0.0 mi
49515 Grand Rapids, MI 0.0 mi
49516 Grand Rapids, MI 0.0 mi
49530 Grand Rapids, MI 0.0 mi
49560 Grand Rapids, MI 0.0 mi
49588 Grand Rapids, MI 0.0 mi
49599 Grand Rapids, MI 0.0 mi
49525 Grand Rapids, MI 2.2 mi
49306 Belmont, MI 3.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49518?

49518 is in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in Kent County, part of the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.0314, -85.5503.

What county is 49518 in?

49518 lies in Kent County.

What area code is 49518?

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

What time zone is 49518 in?

49518 uses America/Detroit.

What ZIP codes are near 49518?

The closest are 49510 (0 mi), 49514 (0 mi), 49515 (0 mi), 49516 (0 mi) and 49530 (0 mi).

Is 49518 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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