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49831

ZIP 49831 is Felch, Michigan, mostly in Dickinson County; area code 906; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Menominee
County
Dickinson +1 more
Population
524
Coordinates
46.0567, -87.7290
☼ Live from 49831 — Felch, MI

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Where 49831 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 49831
  • 🔢 Type 49831 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IEBGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 49831 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001010100111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49829 (Escanaba, MI, 35 mi away) and 49833 (Little Lake, MI, 25 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49831 becomes 13894, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 36 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13489, 13849, 14839, 14893, 18349, 18439, …). The farthest-flung twin is 91384 in Castaic, CA, 1,800 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 50%.
  • 🎯696 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49831 and you would come out at 46.06°S, 92.27°E — 1,046 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 133.8 square miles of land, 49831 is bigger than 84% of ZIP codes — room for about 102 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population524This ZIP524
Households236This ZIP236
Housing units455This ZIP455
Median age52.0This ZIP52.0Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$66,750This ZIP$66,750Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$124,800This ZIP$124,800Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher15.3%This ZIP15.3%
Mean commute39.1 minThis ZIP39.1 min
Population density3.9 / sq miThis ZIP3.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments15This ZIP15
Employees46This ZIP46
Annual payroll$1,449,000This ZIP$1,449,000
Tax returns filed390This ZIP390
Total adjusted gross income$24,128,000This ZIP$24,128,000

Land area

Land area133.80 sq miThis ZIP133.80 sq mi
Water area1.88 sq miThis ZIP1.88 sq mi

Counties 49831 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Dickinson County 67.6%
Marquette County 32.4%

ZIP codes near 49831

ZIPCityDistance
49834 Foster City, MI 6.1 mi
49877 Ralph, MI 7.1 mi
49819 Arnold, MI 11.4 mi
49815 Channing, MI 13.8 mi
49870 Norway, MI 14.9 mi
49881 Sagola, MI 15.3 mi
49801 Iron Mountain, MI 16.4 mi
49841 Gwinn, MI 18.2 mi
49818 Cornell, MI 18.9 mi
49852 Loretto, MI 19.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49831?

49831 is in Felch, Michigan, in Dickinson County, part of the Iron Mountain, MI-WI micropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.0567, -87.7290.

What county is 49831 in?

49831 spans 2 counties: Dickinson County and Marquette County. Most of it falls in Dickinson 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 49831?

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

What time zone is 49831 in?

49831 uses America/Menominee.

How many people live in 49831?

About 524 people live in ZIP code 49831, in 236 households, at 3.9 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 49831?

$66,750 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 49831?

The closest are 49834 (6.1 mi), 49877 (7.1 mi), 49819 (11.4 mi), 49815 (13.8 mi) and 49870 (14.9 mi).

Is 49831 a PO Box ZIP code?

49831 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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