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47638

ZIP 47638 is Wadesville, Indiana, in Posey County; area code 812; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Posey
Metro area
Evansville, IN
Population
3,633
Coordinates
38.0644, -87.7776
☼ Live from 47638 — Wadesville, IN

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Where 47638 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 47638
  • 🔢 Type 47638 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEgLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 47,638 = 2 × 23819. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011101000010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47637 (Tennyson, IN, 34 mi away) and 47639 (Haubstadt, IN, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47638 becomes 83674, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34786, 36748, 36784, 36874, 37684, 37846, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83647 in Mountain Home, ID, 1,491 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 50%.
  • 🎯593 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 47638 and you would come out at 38.06°S, 92.22°E — 1,339 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 49m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
  • 📏 At 47.7 square miles of land, 47638 is bigger than 58% of ZIP codes — room for about 36 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,633This ZIP3,633
Households1,445This ZIP1,445
Housing units1,445This ZIP1,445
Median age43.6This ZIP43.6Indiana38.1US 38.9
Median household income$93,958This ZIP$93,958Indiana$71,957US $80,734
Median home value$282,700This ZIP$282,700Indiana$218,200US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,027This ZIP$1,027Indiana$1,062US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher26.6%This ZIP26.6%
Mean commute27.2 minThis ZIP27.2 min
Population density76.2 / sq miThis ZIP76.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments55This ZIP55
Employees248This ZIP248
Annual payroll$9,114,000This ZIP$9,114,000
Tax returns filed1,710This ZIP1,710
Total adjusted gross income$142,651,000This ZIP$142,651,000

Land area

Land area47.69 sq miThis ZIP47.69 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Other place names in 47638

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 47638

ZIPCityDistance
47633 Poseyville, IN 7.2 mi
47720 Evansville, IN 7.4 mi
47631 New Harmony, IN 7.4 mi
47612 Cynthiana, IN 9.9 mi
47710 Evansville, IN 11.3 mi
47721 Evansville, IN 11.3 mi
47620 Mount Vernon, IN 11.5 mi
47712 Evansville, IN 11.9 mi
47701 Evansville, IN 12.0 mi
47702 Evansville, IN 12.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47638?

47638 is in Wadesville, Indiana, in Posey County, part of the Evansville, IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.0644, -87.7776.

What county is 47638 in?

47638 lies in Posey County.

What area code is 47638?

Wadesville uses area code 812, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 47638 in?

47638 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 47638?

About 3,633 people live in ZIP code 47638, in 1,445 households, at 76.2 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 47638?

$93,958 a year, against $71,957 across Indiana.

What ZIP codes are near 47638?

The closest are 47633 (7.2 mi), 47720 (7.4 mi), 47631 (7.4 mi), 47612 (9.9 mi) and 47710 (11.3 mi).

Is 47638 a PO Box ZIP code?

47638 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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