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46978

ZIP 46978 is Royal Center, Indiana, mostly in Cass County; area code 574; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
County
Cass +3 more
Metro area
Logansport, IN
Population
2,034
Coordinates
40.8587, -86.5111
☼ Live from 46978 — Royal Center, IN

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Where 46978 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 46978
  • 🔢 Type 46978 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLGgh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 46,978 = 2 × 83 × 283. Its digits add up to 34, a total 322 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011011110000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 46977 (Rockfield, IN, 15 mi away) and 46979 (Russiaville, IN, 32 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 46978 becomes 87964, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (46789, 46798, 46897, 46987, 47869, 47968, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96847 in Honolulu, HI, 4,312 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 52%.
  • 🎯639 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 46978 and you would come out at 40.86°S, 93.49°E — 1,270 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 68.1 square miles of land, 46978 is bigger than 68% of ZIP codes — room for about 52 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,034This ZIP2,034
Households826This ZIP826
Housing units977This ZIP977
Median age41.5This ZIP41.5Indiana38.1US 38.9
Median household income$78,750This ZIP$78,750Indiana$71,957US $80,734
Median home value$130,000This ZIP$130,000Indiana$218,200US $332,700
Median gross rent$828This ZIP$828Indiana$1,062US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.0%This ZIP19.0%
Mean commute32.5 minThis ZIP32.5 min
Population density29.9 / sq miThis ZIP29.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments27This ZIP27
Employees196This ZIP196
Annual payroll$8,055,000This ZIP$8,055,000
Tax returns filed1,020This ZIP1,020
Total adjusted gross income$61,356,000This ZIP$61,356,000

Land area

Land area68.06 sq miThis ZIP68.06 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Counties 46978 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Cass County 88.9%
Pulaski County 5.1%
White County 4.8%
Fulton County 1.1%

Other place names in 46978

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ZIP codes near 46978

ZIPCityDistance
47926 Burnettsville, IN 7.0 mi
46985 Star City, IN 7.8 mi
46950 Lucerne, IN 7.9 mi
46935 Grass Creek, IN 8.3 mi
47950 Idaville, IN 8.4 mi
46947 Logansport, IN 9.9 mi
46939 Kewanna, IN 10.9 mi
46942 Lake Cicott, IN 11.1 mi
47925 Buffalo, IN 12.3 mi
46916 Burrows, IN 12.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 46978?

46978 is in Royal Center, Indiana, in Cass County, part of the Logansport, IN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8587, -86.5111.

What county is 46978 in?

46978 spans 4 counties: Cass County, Pulaski County, White County and Fulton County. Most of it falls in Cass 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 46978?

Royal Center uses area code 574, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 46978 in?

46978 uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis.

How many people live in 46978?

About 2,034 people live in ZIP code 46978, in 826 households, at 29.9 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 46978?

$78,750 a year, against $71,957 across Indiana.

What ZIP codes are near 46978?

The closest are 47926 (7 mi), 46985 (7.8 mi), 46950 (7.9 mi), 46935 (8.3 mi) and 47950 (8.4 mi).

Is 46978 a PO Box ZIP code?

46978 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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