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49878

ZIP 49878 is Rapid River, Michigan, mostly in Delta County; area code 906; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Delta +1 more
Metro area
Escanaba, MI
Population
3,329
Coordinates
45.9467, -86.8775
☼ Live from 49878 — Rapid River, MI

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Where 49878 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 49878
  • 🔢 Type 49878 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLBGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,878 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 17 × 163. Its digits add up to 36, a total 149 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001011010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49877 (Ralph, MI, 43 mi away) and 49879 (Republic, MI, 63 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49878 becomes 87894, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (47988, 48879, 48897, 49788, 49887, 78948, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97488 in Vida, OR, 1,725 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 52%.
  • 🎯727 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49878 and you would come out at 45.95°S, 93.12°E — 1,087 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 39m.
  • 📏 At 455.6 square miles of land, 49878 is bigger than 97% of ZIP codes — room for about 346 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,329This ZIP3,329
Households1,456This ZIP1,456
Housing units2,484This ZIP2,484
Median age54.1This ZIP54.1Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$71,136This ZIP$71,136Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$176,600This ZIP$176,600Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$813This ZIP$813Michigan$1,129US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.2%This ZIP22.2%
Mean commute26.4 minThis ZIP26.4 min
Population density7.3 / sq miThis ZIP7.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments60This ZIP60
Employees323This ZIP323
Annual payroll$13,142,000This ZIP$13,142,000
Tax returns filed1,820This ZIP1,820
Total adjusted gross income$116,615,000This ZIP$116,615,000

Land area

Land area455.63 sq miThis ZIP455.63 sq mi
Water area34.83 sq miThis ZIP34.83 sq mi

Counties 49878 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Delta County 97.2%
Alger County 2.8%

Other place names in 49878

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

ZIP codes near 49878

ZIPCityDistance
49872 Perkins, MI 11.0 mi
49837 Gladstone, MI 11.1 mi
49864 Nahma, MI 13.1 mi
96508 APO AA, AA 14.2 mi
49894 Wells, MI 14.8 mi
49829 Escanaba, MI 17.2 mi
49817 Cooks, MI 17.9 mi
49895 Wetmore, MI 18.6 mi
49891 Trenary, MI 19.8 mi
49880 Rock, MI 20.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49878?

49878 is in Rapid River, Michigan, in Delta County, part of the Escanaba, MI micropolitan area. Its published point location is 45.9467, -86.8775.

What county is 49878 in?

49878 spans 2 counties: Delta County and Alger County. Most of it falls in Delta 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 49878?

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

What time zone is 49878 in?

49878 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 49878?

About 3,329 people live in ZIP code 49878, in 1,456 households, at 7.3 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 49878?

$71,136 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 49878?

The closest are 49872 (11 mi), 49837 (11.1 mi), 49864 (13.1 mi), 96508 (14.2 mi) and 49894 (14.8 mi).

Is 49878 a PO Box ZIP code?

49878 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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