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47884

ZIP 47884 is Universal, Indiana, in Vermillion County; area code 765; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
County
Vermillion
Metro area
Terre Haute, IN
Population
157
Coordinates
39.6230, -87.4536
☼ Live from 47884 — Universal, IN

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Where 47884 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 47884
  • 🔢 Type 47884 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hBBLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 47,884 = 2 × 2 × 11971. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011101100001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47882 (Sullivan, IN, 37 mi away) and 47885 (West Terre Haute, IN, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47884 becomes 48874 — and that is a real ZIP code: Pompeii, MI, 287 miles away.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (44878, 44887, 47848, 48748, 48847, 48874, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84784 in Hildale, UT, 1,390 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 53% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯591 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 47884 and you would come out at 39.62°S, 92.55°E — 1,282 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 58m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 22m.
  • 📏 At 0.344 square miles of land, 47884 is bigger than 4% of ZIP codes — about 166 football fields.
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People and housing

Population157This ZIP157
Households64This ZIP64
Housing units73This ZIP73
Median age50.4This ZIP50.4Indiana38.1US 38.9
Median household income$59,167This ZIP$59,167Indiana$71,957US $80,734
Median home value$65,700This ZIP$65,700Indiana$218,200US $332,700
Median gross rent$533This ZIP$533Indiana$1,062US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher10.5%This ZIP10.5%
Mean commute15.8 minThis ZIP15.8 min
Population density456.4 / sq miThis ZIP456.4 / sq mi

Land area

Land area0.34 sq miThis ZIP0.34 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 47884

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

ZIP codes near 47884

ZIPCityDistance
47880 Shepardsville, IN 2.4 mi
47863 New Goshen, IN 3.1 mi
47842 Clinton, IN 3.8 mi
47831 Blanford, IN 4.7 mi
47875 Saint Bernice, IN 7.3 mi
61955 Vermilion, IL 7.7 mi
47876 Saint Mary Of The Woods, IN 7.8 mi
47885 West Terre Haute, IN 8.2 mi
47805 Terre Haute, IN 8.6 mi
47804 Terre Haute, IN 9.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47884?

47884 is in Universal, Indiana, in Vermillion County, part of the Terre Haute, IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.6230, -87.4536.

What county is 47884 in?

47884 lies in Vermillion County.

What area code is 47884?

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

What time zone is 47884 in?

47884 uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis.

How many people live in 47884?

About 157 people live in ZIP code 47884, in 64 households, at 456.4 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 47884?

$59,167 a year, against $71,957 across Indiana.

What ZIP codes are near 47884?

The closest are 47880 (2.4 mi), 47863 (3.1 mi), 47842 (3.8 mi), 47831 (4.7 mi) and 47875 (7.3 mi).

Is 47884 a PO Box ZIP code?

47884 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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