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49834

ZIP 49834 is Foster City, Michigan, in Dickinson County; area code 906; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Menominee
County
Dickinson
Population
535
Coordinates
45.9694, -87.7054
☼ Live from 49834 — Foster City, MI

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Where 49834 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 49834
  • 🔢 Type 49834 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hEBGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,834 = 2 × 24917. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001010101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49833 (Little Lake, MI, 29 mi away) and 49835 (Garden, MI, 57 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49834 becomes 43894, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34489, 34498, 34948, 34984, 38449, 38944, …). The farthest-flung twin is 93448 in Pismo Beach, CA, 1,867 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯694 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49834 and you would come out at 45.97°S, 92.29°E — 1,049 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 45m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 38m.
  • 📏 At 76.2 square miles of land, 49834 is bigger than 71% of ZIP codes — room for about 58 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population535This ZIP535
Households214This ZIP214
Housing units381This ZIP381
Median age44.8This ZIP44.8Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$65,000This ZIP$65,000Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$119,100This ZIP$119,100Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$775This ZIP$775Michigan$1,129US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.4%This ZIP23.4%
Mean commute36.4 minThis ZIP36.4 min
Population density7.0 / sq miThis ZIP7.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees3This ZIP3
Annual payroll$174,000This ZIP$174,000
Tax returns filed210This ZIP210
Total adjusted gross income$10,057,000This ZIP$10,057,000

Land area

Land area76.24 sq miThis ZIP76.24 sq mi
Water area1.78 sq miThis ZIP1.78 sq mi

ZIP codes near 49834

ZIPCityDistance
49831 Felch, MI 6.1 mi
49870 Norway, MI 10.9 mi
49819 Arnold, MI 11.7 mi
49877 Ralph, MI 13.1 mi
49852 Loretto, MI 13.7 mi
49892 Vulcan, MI 13.9 mi
49873 Perronville, MI 14.4 mi
49801 Iron Mountain, MI 15.2 mi
49818 Cornell, MI 17.1 mi
49876 Quinnesec, MI 17.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49834?

49834 is in Foster City, Michigan, in Dickinson County, part of the Iron Mountain, MI-WI micropolitan area. Its published point location is 45.9694, -87.7054.

What county is 49834 in?

49834 lies in Dickinson County.

What area code is 49834?

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

What time zone is 49834 in?

49834 uses America/Menominee.

How many people live in 49834?

About 535 people live in ZIP code 49834, in 214 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 49834?

$65,000 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 49834?

The closest are 49831 (6.1 mi), 49870 (10.9 mi), 49819 (11.7 mi), 49877 (13.1 mi) and 49852 (13.7 mi).

Is 49834 a PO Box ZIP code?

49834 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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