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49686

ZIP 49686 is in Traverse City, Michigan, in Grand Traverse County; area code 231; Eastern time. Traverse City has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 49684, 49685 and 49696.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
Metro area
Traverse City, MI
Population
25,492
Coordinates
44.8494, -85.5426
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Where 49686 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 49686
  • 🔢 Type 49686 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gBgGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,686 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 7 × 13 × 13. Its digits add up to 33, a total 456 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001000010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49685 (Traverse City, MI, 13 mi away) and 49688 (Tustin, MI, 50 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49686 becomes 68694, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (46869, 46896, 46968, 46986, 49668, 49866, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96468 in APO AA, a military post office, 8,370 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 55%.
  • 🎯750 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49686 and you would come out at 44.85°S, 94.46°E — 1,176 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 47m.
  • 📏 At 47.3 square miles of land, 49686 is bigger than 58% of ZIP codes — room for about 36 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population25,492This ZIP25,492
Households12,007This ZIP12,007
Housing units13,547This ZIP13,547
Median age47.5This ZIP47.5Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$71,609This ZIP$71,609Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$344,700This ZIP$344,700Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,227This ZIP$1,227Michigan$1,129US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher46.3%This ZIP46.3%
Mean commute18.8 minThis ZIP18.8 min
Population density538.8 / sq miThis ZIP538.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,169This ZIP1,169
Employees13,964This ZIP13,964
Annual payroll$772,230,000This ZIP$772,230,000
Tax returns filed13,710This ZIP13,710
Total adjusted gross income$1,555,700,000This ZIP$1,555,700,000

Land area

Land area47.31 sq miThis ZIP47.31 sq mi
Water area26.19 sq miThis ZIP26.19 sq mi

Other place names in 49686

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

ZIP codes near 49686

ZIPCityDistance
49610 Acme, MI 4.9 mi
49673 Old Mission, MI 7.8 mi
49690 Williamsburg, MI 8.5 mi
49629 Elk Rapids, MI 8.9 mi
49684 Traverse City, MI 9.2 mi
49682 Suttons Bay, MI 10.9 mi
49621 Cedar, MI 11.1 mi
49676 Rapid City, MI 12.2 mi
49653 Lake Leelanau, MI 12.3 mi
49696 Traverse City, MI 12.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49686?

49686 is in Traverse City, Michigan, in Grand Traverse County, part of the Traverse City, MI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.8494, -85.5426.

What county is 49686 in?

49686 lies in Grand Traverse County.

What area code is 49686?

Traverse City uses area code 231, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 49686 in?

49686 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 49686?

About 25,492 people live in ZIP code 49686, in 12,007 households, at 538.8 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 49686?

$71,609 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 49686?

The closest are 49610 (4.9 mi), 49673 (7.8 mi), 49690 (8.5 mi), 49629 (8.9 mi) and 49684 (9.2 mi).

Is 49686 a PO Box ZIP code?

49686 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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