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49740

ZIP 49740 is Harbor Springs, Michigan, in Emmet County; area code 231; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Emmet
Metro area
Petoskey, MI
Population
7,197
Coordinates
45.5219, -84.9908
☼ Live from 49740 — Harbor Springs, MI

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Where 49740 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 49740
  • 🔢 Type 49740 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhLGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,740 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 829. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001001001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49739 (Grayling, MI, 61 mi away) and 49743 (Hawks, MI, 56 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49740 becomes 04794, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 22 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04479, 04497, 04947, 04974, 09447, 44097, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09447 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,642 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 57%.
  • 🎯793 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49740 and you would come out at 45.52°S, 95.01°E — 1,183 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 42m.
  • 📏 At 124.9 square miles of land, 49740 is bigger than 83% of ZIP codes — room for about 95 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population7,197This ZIP7,197
Households3,321This ZIP3,321
Housing units6,052This ZIP6,052
Median age56.2This ZIP56.2Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$89,250This ZIP$89,250Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$363,500This ZIP$363,500Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$991This ZIP$991Michigan$1,129US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher47.5%This ZIP47.5%
Mean commute21.1 minThis ZIP21.1 min
Population density57.6 / sq miThis ZIP57.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments376This ZIP376
Employees3,563This ZIP3,563
Annual payroll$190,981,000This ZIP$190,981,000
Tax returns filed4,220This ZIP4,220
Total adjusted gross income$577,301,000This ZIP$577,301,000

Land area

Land area124.93 sq miThis ZIP124.93 sq mi
Water area17.44 sq miThis ZIP17.44 sq mi

Other place names in 49740

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

ZIP codes near 49740

ZIPCityDistance
49769 Pellston, MI 7.1 mi
49737 Good Hart, MI 7.2 mi
49723 Cross Village, MI 7.6 mi
49722 Conway, MI 9.3 mi
49764 Oden, MI 10.4 mi
49755 Levering, MI 11.5 mi
49716 Brutus, MI 11.7 mi
49706 Alanson, MI 11.8 mi
49711 Bay Shore, MI 12.4 mi
49770 Petoskey, MI 13.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49740?

49740 is in Harbor Springs, Michigan, in Emmet County, part of the Petoskey, MI micropolitan area. Its published point location is 45.5219, -84.9908.

What county is 49740 in?

49740 lies in Emmet County.

What area code is 49740?

Harbor Springs uses area code 231, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 49740 in?

49740 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 49740?

About 7,197 people live in ZIP code 49740, in 3,321 households, at 57.6 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 49740?

$89,250 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 49740?

The closest are 49769 (7.1 mi), 49737 (7.2 mi), 49723 (7.6 mi), 49722 (9.3 mi) and 49764 (10.4 mi).

Is 49740 a PO Box ZIP code?

49740 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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