Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/47882

47882

ZIP 47882 is Sullivan, Indiana, in Sullivan County; area code 812; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
County
Sullivan
Metro area
Terre Haute, IN
Population
8,735
Coordinates
39.0895, -87.4114
☼ Live from 47882 — Sullivan, IN

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 47882 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 47882
  • 🔢 Type 47882 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZBBLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 47,882 = 2 × 89 × 269. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011101100001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47881 (Staunton, IN, 30 mi away) and 47884 (Universal, IN, 37 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47882 becomes 28874, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24878, 24887, 27884, 28478, 28748, 28784, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84782 in Veyo, UT, 1,425 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯598 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 47882 and you would come out at 39.09°S, 92.59°E — 1,307 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 25m.
  • 📏 At 141.8 square miles of land, 47882 is bigger than 85% of ZIP codes — room for about 108 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 47882 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population8,735This ZIP8,735
Households3,616This ZIP3,616
Housing units4,084This ZIP4,084
Median age40.3This ZIP40.3Indiana38.1US 38.9
Median household income$57,637This ZIP$57,637Indiana$71,957US $80,734
Median home value$154,800This ZIP$154,800Indiana$218,200US $332,700
Median gross rent$857This ZIP$857Indiana$1,062US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.1%This ZIP19.1%
Mean commute22.8 minThis ZIP22.8 min
Population density61.6 / sq miThis ZIP61.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments194This ZIP194
Employees2,698This ZIP2,698
Annual payroll$125,932,000This ZIP$125,932,000
Tax returns filed3,790This ZIP3,790
Total adjusted gross income$241,633,000This ZIP$241,633,000

Land area

Land area141.83 sq miThis ZIP141.83 sq mi
Water area2.66 sq miThis ZIP2.66 sq mi

Other place names in 47882

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

ZIP codes near 47882

ZIPCityDistance
47852 Graysville, IN 2.1 mi
47865 Paxton, IN 5.0 mi
47879 Shelburn, IN 7.7 mi
47861 Merom, IN 8.6 mi
47848 Dugger, IN 8.7 mi
47838 Carlisle, IN 8.9 mi
47855 Hymera, IN 9.0 mi
47850 Farmersburg, IN 10.3 mi
47849 Fairbanks, IN 11.0 mi
47845 Coalmont, IN 11.9 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 47882 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47882?

47882 is in Sullivan, Indiana, in Sullivan County, part of the Terre Haute, IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.0895, -87.4114.

What county is 47882 in?

47882 lies in Sullivan County.

What area code is 47882?

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

What time zone is 47882 in?

47882 uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis.

How many people live in 47882?

About 8,735 people live in ZIP code 47882, in 3,616 households, at 61.6 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 47882?

$57,637 a year, against $71,957 across Indiana.

What ZIP codes are near 47882?

The closest are 47852 (2.1 mi), 47865 (5 mi), 47879 (7.7 mi), 47861 (8.6 mi) and 47848 (8.7 mi).

Is 47882 a PO Box ZIP code?

47882 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “47882 ZIP Code — Sullivan, Indiana (Sullivan County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/47882

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/47882.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.