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46036

ZIP 46036 is Elwood, Indiana, mostly in Madison County; area code 765; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
County
Madison +2 more
Population
11,683
Coordinates
40.2969, -85.8329
☼ Live from 46036 — Elwood, IN

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Where 46036 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 46036
  • 🔢 Type 46036 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gEOgh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 46,036 = 2 × 2 × 17 × 677. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011001111010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 46035 (Colfax, IN, 45 mi away) and 46037 (Fishers, IN, 24 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 46036 becomes 63064, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03466, 30646, 30664, 34606, 34660, 36046, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34660 in Ozona, FL, 863 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 54%.
  • 🎯674 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 46036 and you would come out at 40.30°S, 94.17°E — 1,322 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 18m.
  • 📏 At 80.3 square miles of land, 46036 is bigger than 72% of ZIP codes — room for about 61 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population11,683This ZIP11,683
Households4,693This ZIP4,693
Housing units5,262This ZIP5,262
Median age44.4This ZIP44.4Indiana38.1US 38.9
Median household income$62,074This ZIP$62,074Indiana$71,957US $80,734
Median home value$117,700This ZIP$117,700Indiana$218,200US $332,700
Median gross rent$865This ZIP$865Indiana$1,062US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.0%This ZIP13.0%
Mean commute29.2 minThis ZIP29.2 min
Population density145.5 / sq miThis ZIP145.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments199This ZIP199
Employees3,315This ZIP3,315
Annual payroll$159,122,000This ZIP$159,122,000
Tax returns filed5,280This ZIP5,280
Total adjusted gross income$282,377,000This ZIP$282,377,000

Land area

Land area80.28 sq miThis ZIP80.28 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Counties 46036 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Madison County 73.0%
Tipton County 25.3%
Grant County 1.7%

Other place names in 46036

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ZIP codes near 46036

ZIPCityDistance
46063 Orestes, IN 6.0 mi
46047 Hobbs, IN 6.1 mi
46044 Frankton, IN 6.3 mi
46076 Windfall, IN 7.8 mi
46070 Summitville, IN 9.7 mi
46001 Alexandria, IN 9.7 mi
46928 Fairmount, IN 10.9 mi
46014 Anderson, IN 11.1 mi
46018 Anderson, IN 11.1 mi
46031 Atlanta, IN 11.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 46036?

46036 is in Elwood, Indiana, in Madison County, part of the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.2969, -85.8329.

What county is 46036 in?

46036 spans 3 counties: Madison County, Tipton County and Grant County. Most of it falls in Madison County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 46036?

Elwood uses area code 765, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 46036 in?

46036 uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis.

How many people live in 46036?

About 11,683 people live in ZIP code 46036, in 4,693 households, at 145.5 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 46036?

$62,074 a year, against $71,957 across Indiana.

What ZIP codes are near 46036?

The closest are 46063 (6 mi), 46047 (6.1 mi), 46044 (6.3 mi), 46076 (7.8 mi) and 46070 (9.7 mi).

Is 46036 a PO Box ZIP code?

46036 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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