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49701

ZIP 49701 is Mackinaw City, Michigan, mostly in Emmet County; area code 231; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Emmet +1 more
Metro area
Petoskey, MI
Population
882
Coordinates
45.7418, -84.7409
☼ Live from 49701 — Mackinaw City, MI

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Where 49701 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 49701
  • 🔢 Type 49701 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOLGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,701 = 3 × 16567. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001000100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49696 (Traverse City, MI, 82 mi away) and 49705 (Afton, MI, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49701 becomes 10794, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 45 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01749, 04917, 04971, 07419, 09471, 09714, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09714 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,854 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 57%.
  • 🎯810 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49701 and you would come out at 45.74°S, 95.26°E — 1,188 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 43m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 40m.
  • 📏 At 17.4 square miles of land, 49701 is bigger than 35% of ZIP codes — room for about 13 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population882This ZIP882
Households433This ZIP433
Housing units824This ZIP824
Median age51.1This ZIP51.1Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$44,583This ZIP$44,583Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$228,700This ZIP$228,700Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$865This ZIP$865Michigan$1,129US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher29.4%This ZIP29.4%
Mean commute13.3 minThis ZIP13.3 min
Population density50.7 / sq miThis ZIP50.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments149This ZIP149
Employees581This ZIP581
Annual payroll$44,549,000This ZIP$44,549,000
Tax returns filed690This ZIP690
Total adjusted gross income$51,904,000This ZIP$51,904,000

Land area

Land area17.40 sq miThis ZIP17.40 sq mi
Water area10.56 sq miThis ZIP10.56 sq mi

Counties 49701 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Emmet County 62.1%
Cheboygan County 37.9%

Other place names in 49701

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

ZIP codes near 49701

ZIPCityDistance
49718 Carp Lake, MI 5.2 mi
49755 Levering, MI 8.0 mi
49757 Mackinac Island, MI 9.9 mi
49775 Pointe Aux Pins, MI 12.8 mi
49769 Pellston, MI 13.2 mi
49781 Saint Ignace, MI 14.3 mi
49716 Brutus, MI 16.1 mi
49761 Mullett Lake, MI 16.4 mi
49723 Cross Village, MI 16.6 mi
49721 Cheboygan, MI 18.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49701?

49701 is in Mackinaw City, Michigan, in Emmet County, part of the Petoskey, MI micropolitan area. Its published point location is 45.7418, -84.7409.

What county is 49701 in?

49701 spans 2 counties: Emmet County and Cheboygan County. Most of it falls in Emmet 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 49701?

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

What time zone is 49701 in?

49701 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 49701?

About 882 people live in ZIP code 49701, in 433 households, at 50.7 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 49701?

$44,583 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 49701?

The closest are 49718 (5.2 mi), 49755 (8 mi), 49757 (9.9 mi), 49775 (12.8 mi) and 49769 (13.2 mi).

Is 49701 a PO Box ZIP code?

49701 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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