| City: | Somerset, Michigan |
| County: | Hillsdale County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:02:39 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 517 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 42.0231, -84.3793 |
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Somerset (ZIP 49281) is a rural mail extension in Hillsdale County, Michigan, serving a small area along E Chicago Rd. This ZIP doesn't have a post office facility or PO Boxes. Instead, it operates as a rural carrier route extension, with 1 rural route providing street delivery to residences along E Chicago Rd.
With no resident population within its boundaries and only 2 delivery points recorded, Somerset functions purely as a routing designation. The ZIP is enclosed within the larger ZIP 49233 service area. Mail addressed to Somerset follows rural carrier route R001, which handles the limited delivery needs for this small corridor.
This isn't a PO Box Only Zone. Street delivery is available through the rural carrier route, though the service footprint is minimal. The ZIP classification as 'P' appears to be legacy postal system metadata that doesn't match current operations, as the area has carrier delivery rather than being PO Box only.
The entire ZIP consists of E Chicago Rd with 2 delivery points.
ZIP Code 49281 is designated for PO Box delivery only; business establishment and employment data are not available.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 0Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 49281 is located in Hillsdale County, Michigan, within the Hillsdale, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 25880) and Michigan's 5th Congressional District. This Micro area has a population of 0 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 49281. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Hillsdale, MISource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 25880Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MicroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 0Source: Census |
| MSA: | Source: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 05Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 2348.7 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | --Source: Census |
| Place Name: | --Source: Census |
We could not locate which school district 49281 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 March 1, 2026.