Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/49736

49736

ZIP 49736 is Goetzville, Michigan, in Chippewa County; area code 906; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Chippewa
Population
510
Coordinates
46.0878, -84.1384
☼ Live from 49736 — Goetzville, MI

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 49736 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.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 49736
  • 🔢 Type 49736 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gELGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,736 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 6217. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001001001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49735 (Gaylord, MI, 80 mi away) and 49737 (Good Hart, MI, 59 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49736 becomes 63794, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 44 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34679, 34697, 34769, 36749, 37694, 39476, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96374 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,054 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 59%.
  • 🎯847 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49736 and you would come out at 46.09°S, 95.86°E — 1,207 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 46m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 38m.
  • 📏 At 73.4 square miles of land, 49736 is bigger than 70% of ZIP codes — room for about 56 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 49736 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population510This ZIP510
Households251This ZIP251
Housing units507This ZIP507
Median age58.9This ZIP58.9Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$49,688This ZIP$49,688Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$135,900This ZIP$135,900Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher17.0%This ZIP17.0%
Mean commute38.4 minThis ZIP38.4 min
Population density7.0 / sq miThis ZIP7.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees20This ZIP20
Annual payroll$838,000This ZIP$838,000
Tax returns filed260This ZIP260
Total adjusted gross income$13,018,000This ZIP$13,018,000

Land area

Land area73.36 sq miThis ZIP73.36 sq mi
Water area24.37 sq miThis ZIP24.37 sq mi

ZIP codes near 49736

ZIPCityDistance
49774 Pickford, MI 9.4 mi
49725 De Tour Village, MI 10.0 mi
49719 Cedarville, MI 11.1 mi
49710 Barbeau, MI 13.1 mi
49785 Kincheloe, MI 14.3 mi
49752 Kinross, MI 18.1 mi
49784 Kincheloe, MI 19.2 mi
49745 Hessel, MI 19.2 mi
49788 Kincheloe, MI 20.0 mi
49724 Dafter, MI 20.5 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 49736 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49736?

49736 is in Goetzville, Michigan, in Chippewa County, part of the Sault Ste. Marie, MI micropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.0878, -84.1384.

What county is 49736 in?

49736 lies in Chippewa County.

What area code is 49736?

Goetzville uses area code 906, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 49736 in?

49736 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 49736?

About 510 people live in ZIP code 49736, in 251 households, at 7.0 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 49736?

$49,688 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 49736?

The closest are 49774 (9.4 mi), 49725 (10 mi), 49719 (11.1 mi), 49710 (13.1 mi) and 49785 (14.3 mi).

Is 49736 a PO Box ZIP code?

49736 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “49736 ZIP Code — Goetzville, Michigan (Chippewa County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/49736

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/49736.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.