| City: | Sterling Heights, Michigan |
| City Alias: | Sterling Hts |
| Names to Avoid: | St Heights |
| County: | Macomb County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:14:33 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 586 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 42.5806, -83.0305 |
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ZIP code 48311 is a specialized postal facility within Sterling Heights, Michigan, serving Macomb County. This ZIP handles PO Box services for the greater Sterling Heights area rather than functioning as a traditional residential delivery zone.
The facility maintains 324 PO Boxes and serves 234 businesses, operating as a designated PO Box hub within the larger Sterling Heights community. While the ZIP includes limited street delivery along Metropolitan Parkway, its primary function is providing centralized box service for customers who prefer or require PO Box addresses. The post office is geographically enclosed by ZIP 48312, which handles most residential street delivery for Sterling Heights.
With only Metropolitan Parkway in the ZIP's delivery area, this facility focuses on PO Box services rather than extensive street delivery. The parkway likely hosts the post office building itself and surrounding commercial properties.
ZIP Code 48311 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 7 business establishments, employing about 122 people with an annual payroll of $8,575,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 3,764Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 7Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $2,395,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $8,575,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 122Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 48311 is located in Macomb County, Michigan, within the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 19820) and Michigan's 10th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 4,367,620 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 48311, and is subdivided into the Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI division. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MISource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 19820Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI (CBSA Div 47664)Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 4,367,620Source: Census |
| MSA: | Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 10Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 4140.44 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Detroit, MI PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 2676460Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Sterling Heights city; MichiganSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 48311 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on January 1, 2026.