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49958

ZIP 49958 is Pelkie, Michigan, mostly in Houghton County; area code 906; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Detroit
County
Houghton +1 more
Metro area
Houghton, MI
Population
911
Coordinates
46.8155, -88.6629
☼ Live from 49958 — Pelkie, MI

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Where 49958 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 49958
  • 🔢 Type 49958 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BSGGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,958 = 2 × 24979. Its digits add up to 35, a total 212 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001100100110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49955 (Painesdale, MI, 13 mi away) and 49959 (Ramsay, MI, 68 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49958 becomes 85994, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (45899, 49895, 59489, 94589, 94598, 95894, …). The farthest-flung twin is 99548 in Chignik Lake, AK, 2,946 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 52%.
  • 🎯693 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49958 and you would come out at 46.82°S, 91.34°E — 987 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 52m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 32m.
  • 📏 At 135.2 square miles of land, 49958 is bigger than 84% of ZIP codes — room for about 103 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population911This ZIP911
Households401This ZIP401
Housing units767This ZIP767
Median age49.6This ZIP49.6Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$40,893This ZIP$40,893Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$164,300This ZIP$164,300Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher17.4%This ZIP17.4%
Mean commute29.9 minThis ZIP29.9 min
Population density6.7 / sq miThis ZIP6.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees62This ZIP62
Annual payroll$2,888,000This ZIP$2,888,000
Tax returns filed550This ZIP550
Total adjusted gross income$29,538,000This ZIP$29,538,000

Land area

Land area135.20 sq miThis ZIP135.20 sq mi
Water area5.57 sq miThis ZIP5.57 sq mi

Counties 49958 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Houghton County 69.9%
Baraga County 30.1%

Other place names in 49958

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

ZIP codes near 49958

ZIPCityDistance
49908 Baraga, MI 6.2 mi
49952 Nisula, MI 9.8 mi
49916 Chassell, MI 12.2 mi
49955 Painesdale, MI 13.3 mi
49965 Toivola, MI 13.4 mi
49963 South Range, MI 16.2 mi
49948 Mass City, MI 16.5 mi
49946 Lanse, MI 16.8 mi
49921 Dodgeville, MI 19.5 mi
49970 Watton, MI 20.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49958?

49958 is in Pelkie, Michigan, in Houghton County, part of the Houghton, MI micropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.8155, -88.6629.

What county is 49958 in?

49958 spans 2 counties: Houghton County and Baraga County. Most of it falls in Houghton 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 49958?

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

What time zone is 49958 in?

49958 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 49958?

About 911 people live in ZIP code 49958, in 401 households, at 6.7 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 49958?

$40,893 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 49958?

The closest are 49908 (6.2 mi), 49952 (9.8 mi), 49916 (12.2 mi), 49955 (13.3 mi) and 49965 (13.4 mi).

Is 49958 a PO Box ZIP code?

49958 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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