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Where 49717 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.
- 🔢 Type 49717 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LILGh — not quite a word, sorry.
- ➕ As a number, 49,717 = 83 × 599. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
- 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it:
1100001000110101 - 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49716 (Brutus, MI, 7 mi away) and 49718 (Carp Lake, MI, 21 mi away).
- 🔄 Backwards, 49717 becomes 71794, which is not a ZIP code at all.
- 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14779, 17749, 17974, 19477, 47719, 47917, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94177 in San Francisco, CA, 2,000 miles away.
- 🧭 Farther north than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 57%.
- 🎯804 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
- 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49717 and you would come out at 45.43°S, 95.31°E — 1,199 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
- ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 40m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 43m.
- 📏 At 1.3 square miles of land, 49717 is bigger than 9% of ZIP codes — about 612 football fields.
- Working out the sun…
- Checking the USGS…
Source: USGS.
People and housing
| Population | 43This ZIP43 |
|---|---|
| Households | 30This ZIP30 |
| Housing units | 89This ZIP89 |
| Median age | 67.5This ZIP67.5Michigan40.2US 38.9 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 0.0% |
| Population density | 34.0 / sq miThis ZIP34.0 / sq mi |
Land area
| Land area | 1.27 sq miThis ZIP1.27 sq mi |
|---|---|
| Water area | 0.00 sq mi |
ZIP codes near 49717
| ZIP | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
49706 | Alanson, MI | 4.5 mi |
49749 | Indian River, MI | 5.0 mi |
49791 | Topinabee, MI | 5.7 mi |
49716 | Brutus, MI | 6.5 mi |
49764 | Oden, MI | 6.8 mi |
49722 | Conway, MI | 8.6 mi |
49770 | Petoskey, MI | 12.1 mi |
49705 | Afton, MI | 12.1 mi |
49761 | Mullett Lake, MI | 12.2 mi |
49799 | Wolverine, MI | 12.4 mi |
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Questions about this ZIP code
Where is ZIP code 49717?
49717 is in Burt Lake, Michigan, in Cheboygan County. Its published point location is 45.4258, -84.6874.
What county is 49717 in?
49717 lies in Cheboygan County.
What area code is 49717?
Burt Lake uses area code 231, from NANPA's telephone records.
What time zone is 49717 in?
49717 uses America/Detroit.
How many people live in 49717?
About 43 people live in ZIP code 49717, in 30 households, at 34.0 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.
What ZIP codes are near 49717?
The closest are 49706 (4.5 mi), 49749 (5 mi), 49791 (5.7 mi), 49716 (6.5 mi) and 49764 (6.8 mi).
Is 49717 a PO Box ZIP code?
49717 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.
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