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East Lansing, MI ZIP Codes

4 ZIP codes use the postal name East Lansing, Michigan (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 3 residential and 1 for PO boxes or a single organization. East Lansing's most populous ZIP code is 48823, with 50,034 people (ACS 2020-2024); 44% of its land is in the city of East Lansing.

  • ACS2020-24
  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are East Lansing's ZIP codes?

48823: $52k median household income48824: – median household income48825: – median household income48823488244882548823: $52k median household income48824: – median household income48825: – median household income48823488244882548823: $52k median household income48824: – median household income48825: – median household income488234882448825
The 3 residential ZIP codes named East Lansing, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

All 3 residential ZIP codes of East Lansing

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name East Lansing, MI, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
48823 Ingham County 50,034 2,116 $52k $283k
48825 Ingham County 11,295 16,441 – –
48824 Ingham County 2,097 1,726 – –

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in East Lansing

1 ZIP code named East Lansing has no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

East Lansing, MI: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
48826Ingham County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do East Lansing's ZIP codes reach?

East Lansing's residential ZIP codes lie in 2 counties: Ingham County (3 ZIP codes mainly there), Clinton County (part of a ZIP code).

Which places do East Lansing's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, East Lansing's residential ZIP codes cover East Lansing itself and 1 other place, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • Haslett census-designated 48823

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do East Lansing's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of East Lansing starts with 488.

Three-digit prefixes of East Lansing's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are East Lansing's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
488 Lansing, MI (SCF 488) 4 88

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.