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49796

ZIP 49796 is Walloon Lake, Michigan, in Charlevoix County; area code 231; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Charlevoix
Metro area
none
Population
359
Coordinates
45.2722, -84.9483
☼ Live from 49796 — Walloon Lake, MI

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Where 49796 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 49796
  • 🔢 Type 49796 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gGLGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,796 = 2 × 2 × 59 × 211. Its digits add up to 35, a total 212 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001010000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49795 (Vanderbilt, MI, 20 mi away) and 49797 (Waters, MI, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49796 becomes 69794, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (46799, 46979, 47969, 47996, 49679, 49769, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96749 in Keaau, HI, 4,305 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 57%.
  • 🎯788 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49796 and you would come out at 45.27°S, 95.05°E — 1,191 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 44m.
  • 📏 At 1.6 square miles of land, 49796 is bigger than 10% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population359This ZIP359
Households163This ZIP163
Housing units304This ZIP304
Median age50.2This ZIP50.2Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$87,434This ZIP$87,434Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$282,300This ZIP$282,300Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher49.3%This ZIP49.3%
Mean commute20.1 minThis ZIP20.1 min
Population density226.9 / sq miThis ZIP226.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments21This ZIP21
Employees181This ZIP181
Annual payroll$9,916,000This ZIP$9,916,000

Land area

Land area1.58 sq miThis ZIP1.58 sq mi
Water area0.43 sq miThis ZIP0.43 sq mi

Other place names in 49796

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

ZIP codes near 49796

ZIPCityDistance
49770 Petoskey, MI 4.8 mi
49712 Boyne City, MI 5.2 mi
49713 Boyne Falls, MI 6.1 mi
49711 Bay Shore, MI 9.4 mi
49722 Conway, MI 11.0 mi
49764 Oden, MI 12.0 mi
49727 East Jordan, MI 12.2 mi
49706 Alanson, MI 14.1 mi
49720 Charlevoix, MI 14.4 mi
49730 Elmira, MI 16.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49796?

49796 is in Walloon Lake, Michigan, in Charlevoix County. Its published point location is 45.2722, -84.9483.

What county is 49796 in?

49796 lies in Charlevoix County.

What area code is 49796?

Walloon Lake uses area code 231, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 49796 in?

49796 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 49796?

About 359 people live in ZIP code 49796, in 163 households, at 226.9 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 49796?

$87,434 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 49796?

The closest are 49770 (4.8 mi), 49712 (5.2 mi), 49713 (6.1 mi), 49711 (9.4 mi) and 49722 (11 mi).

Is 49796 a PO Box ZIP code?

49796 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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