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49965

ZIP 49965 is Toivola, 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
544
Coordinates
46.9551, -88.8595
☼ Live from 49965 — Toivola, MI

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Where 49965 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 49965
  • 🔢 Type 49965 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SgGGh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 49,965 = 3 × 5 × 3331. Its digits add up to 33, a total 456 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001100101101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 49964 (Stambaugh, MI, 61 mi away) and 49967 (Trout Creek, MI, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 49965 becomes 56994, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (45699, 46959, 46995, 49659, 54969, 59469, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96549 in APO AA, a military post office, 9,388 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 53%.
  • 🎯692 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 49965 and you would come out at 46.96°S, 91.14°E — 975 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 53m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 31m.
  • 📏 At 191.9 square miles of land, 49965 is bigger than 90% of ZIP codes — room for about 146 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population544This ZIP544
Households279This ZIP279
Housing units586This ZIP586
Median age64.1This ZIP64.1Michigan40.2US 38.9
Median household income$78,295This ZIP$78,295Michigan$72,875US $80,734
Median home value$231,700This ZIP$231,700Michigan$231,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher23.2%This ZIP23.2%
Mean commute64.0 minThis ZIP64.0 min
Population density2.8 / sq miThis ZIP2.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees72This ZIP72
Annual payroll$2,254,000This ZIP$2,254,000
Tax returns filed210This ZIP210
Total adjusted gross income$14,107,000This ZIP$14,107,000

Land area

Land area191.87 sq miThis ZIP191.87 sq mi
Water area10.97 sq miThis ZIP10.97 sq mi

Counties 49965 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Houghton County 86.9%
Ontonagon County 13.1%

ZIP codes near 49965

ZIPCityDistance
49955 Painesdale, MI 8.5 mi
49963 South Range, MI 12.2 mi
49905 Atlantic Mine, MI 12.9 mi
49916 Chassell, MI 13.0 mi
49958 Pelkie, MI 13.4 mi
49948 Mass City, MI 15.5 mi
49929 Greenland, MI 15.5 mi
49921 Dodgeville, MI 16.2 mi
49952 Nisula, MI 17.9 mi
49931 Houghton, MI 18.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 49965?

49965 is in Toivola, Michigan, in Houghton County, part of the Houghton, MI micropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.9551, -88.8595.

What county is 49965 in?

49965 spans 2 counties: Houghton County and Ontonagon 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 49965?

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

What time zone is 49965 in?

49965 uses America/Detroit.

How many people live in 49965?

About 544 people live in ZIP code 49965, in 279 households, at 2.8 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 49965?

$78,295 a year, against $72,875 across Michigan.

What ZIP codes are near 49965?

The closest are 49955 (8.5 mi), 49963 (12.2 mi), 49905 (12.9 mi), 49916 (13 mi) and 49958 (13.4 mi).

Is 49965 a PO Box ZIP code?

49965 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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