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49921

ZIP 49921 is Dodgeville, Michigan, in Houghton County; area code 906; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Houghton
Metro area
Houghton, MI
Population
336
Coordinates
47.0912, -88.5797
☼ Live from 49921 — Dodgeville, MI

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Where 49921 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 49921
  • 🔢 Type 49921 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IZGGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 49921 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: 1100001100000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49920 (Crystal Falls, MI, 67 mi away) and 49922 (Dollar Bay, MI, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49921 becomes 12994, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12949, 19429, 19492, 24991, 29419, 29914, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94129 in San Francisco, CA, 1,826 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 52%.
  • 🎯708 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49921 and you would come out at 47.09°S, 91.42°E — 985 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 30m.
  • 📏 At 0.471 square miles of land, 49921 is bigger than 5% of ZIP codes — about 228 football fields.
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People and housing

Population336This ZIP336
Households125This ZIP125
Housing units125This ZIP125
Median age21.8This ZIP21.8Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median home value$211,500This ZIP$211,500Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$763This ZIP$763Michigan$1,129US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.9%This ZIP19.9%
Population density713.4 / sq miThis ZIP713.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees36This ZIP36
Annual payroll$907,000This ZIP$907,000
Tax returns filed130This ZIP130
Total adjusted gross income$6,139,000This ZIP$6,139,000

Land area

Land area0.47 sq miThis ZIP0.47 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 49921

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

ZIP codes near 49921

ZIPCityDistance
49963 South Range, MI 4.1 mi
49922 Dollar Bay, MI 4.8 mi
49905 Atlantic Mine, MI 6.2 mi
49931 Houghton, MI 7.1 mi
49916 Chassell, MI 7.4 mi
49930 Hancock, MI 7.7 mi
49955 Painesdale, MI 8.0 mi
49934 Hubbell, MI 8.4 mi
49913 Calumet, MI 11.8 mi
49945 Lake Linden, MI 12.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49921?

49921 is in Dodgeville, Michigan, in Houghton County, part of the Houghton, MI micropolitan area. Its published point location is 47.0912, -88.5797.

What county is 49921 in?

49921 lies in Houghton County.

What area code is 49921?

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

What time zone is 49921 in?

49921 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 49921?

About 336 people live in ZIP code 49921, in 125 households, at 713.4 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 49921?

The closest are 49963 (4.1 mi), 49922 (4.8 mi), 49905 (6.2 mi), 49931 (7.1 mi) and 49916 (7.4 mi).

Is 49921 a PO Box ZIP code?

49921 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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