| City: | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| Names to Avoid: | Gr |
| County: | Kent County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:04:25 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 616 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 42.9634, -85.6681 |
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ZIP 49516 serves a concentrated area in Grand Rapids' Eastown neighborhood. This isn't a traditional community ZIP. Instead, it's classified as a Large Volume Receiver, a designation used when a single building or small cluster generates enough mail to warrant its own ZIP code.
The postal footprint centers on Lake Dr SE, where 82 delivery units receive mail. The post office maintains 182 PO Boxes and handles 245 business delivery points. This pattern suggests a mixed-use building or small business district where residents and businesses share the same postal facility.
Grand Rapids has multiple ZIP codes serving different neighborhoods and functions. ZIP 49516 is enclosed within the larger 49506 territory, operating as a point location rather than a geographic area. Street delivery exists here through one city carrier route, but the PO Box classification reflects the concentrated, building-specific nature of mail service.
The "GR" alias was added in June 2006 as a recognized but non-mailing name. For mail delivery, use the full "Grand Rapids" city name along with the 49516 ZIP code.
Single street with multiple units indicates apartment or mixed-use building.
ZIP Code 49516 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 6 business establishments, employing about 43 people with an annual payroll of $3,031,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 428Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 6Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $740,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $3,031,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 43Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 49516 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 774,160 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 49516. 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: | 774,160Source: 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 49516 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.