Traverse City Michigan ZIP Codes

Traverse City holds 4 ZIP codes, all inside one county and one postal prefix.

Every ZIP code in Traverse City

The complete list of Traverse City, Michigan ZIP codes with the county each falls in.
ZIP code	County
49684	Grand Traverse County
49685	Grand Traverse County
49686	Grand Traverse County
49696	Grand Traverse County

We do not publish a delivery type (standard, PO box, unique) or a neighbourhood for each ZIP. USPS delivery-type products are licensed, and no clean-rights source maps ZIP codes to neighbourhoods — so the Traverse City codes above are listed without a column we would have to invent.

Scope every ZIP code recorded for Traverse City. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated 15 July 2026. ZIP codes are delivery-route groupings, not areas; the boundaries implied by any ZIP map are approximations.

How these codes cluster

Every Traverse City ZIP code begins 496. Those first three digits identify the sectional center facility that processes mail for this part of Michigan. Statewide that range covers 70 ZIP codes, so Traverse City accounts for 6% of it.

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Area codes covering Traverse City

ZIP codes and area codes are separate systems — one routes mail, the other routes calls — and they do not share boundaries. The code below serves the same ground Traverse City occupies.

231 Area code 231

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Where Traverse City's ZIP codes sit

Each point is one Traverse City ZIP code, plotted from its record coordinates. The outline is the convex envelope of those points — a footprint, not a boundary.

Reference points and footprint
Not an official NANPA boundary
Not a USPS delivery area

Cities near Traverse City

The closest places to Traverse City with their own ZIP code list, nearest first.
City	Distance	ZIP codes
Kingsley Michigan ZIP codes	12 mi	1 ZIP code
Lake Ann Michigan ZIP codes	12 mi	1 ZIP code
Elk Rapids Michigan ZIP codes	14 mi	1 ZIP code
Suttons Bay Michigan ZIP codes	16 mi	1 ZIP code
Fife Lake Michigan ZIP codes	18 mi	1 ZIP code
Buckley Michigan ZIP codes	18 mi	1 ZIP code
Kalkaska Michigan ZIP codes	21 mi	1 ZIP code
Honor Michigan ZIP codes	21 mi	1 ZIP code

Straight-line distance between place reference points, not driving distance.