| City: | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| Names to Avoid: | Gr |
| County: | Kent County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:21:21 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 616 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 42.9634, -85.6681 |
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ZIP 49501 sits in downtown Grand Rapids at the city's main postal facility. The ZIP contains the Grand Rapids Processing & Distribution Center on Michigan St NW, handling mail operations for the wider metro area. There's no residential population here.
This is a business-focused ZIP that manages 262 PO boxes and serves 492 commercial addresses. The post office provides box service for downtown businesses and individuals who prefer centralized mail pickup. Residential delivery for this geographic area comes through neighboring ZIP 49503, which surrounds this facility zone.
Michigan St NW is the only street with delivery records, reflecting this ZIP's identity as a postal facility zone rather than a residential area.
ZIP Code 49501 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 34 business establishments, employing about 2,825 people with an annual payroll of $221,836,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 733Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 34Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $55,311,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $221,836,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 2,825Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 49501 is located in Kent County, Michigan, within the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 24340) and Michigan's 3rd Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 1,154,320 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 49501. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MISource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 24340Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 1,154,320Source: Census |
| MSA: | Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 03Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 2628.74 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 2634000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Grand Rapids city; MichiganSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 49501 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.