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47901

ZIP 47901 is in Lafayette, Indiana, in Tippecanoe County; area code 765; Eastern time. Lafayette has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 47902, 47903, 47904, 47905 and 47909.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
County
Tippecanoe
Population
4,585
Coordinates
40.4178, -86.8896
☼ Live from 47901 — Lafayette, IN

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Where 47901 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 47901
  • 🔢 Type 47901 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOGLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 47,901 = 3 × 7 × 2281. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011101100011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47885 (West Terre Haute, IN, 70 mi away) and 47902 (Lafayette, IN, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47901 becomes 10974 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sloatsburg, NY, 666 miles away.
  • 👥 45 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01749, 04917, 04971, 07419, 09471, 09714, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09714 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,180 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 60% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 52%.
  • 🎯619 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 47901 and you would come out at 40.42°S, 93.11°E — 1,272 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 17m.
  • 📏 At 0.600 square miles of land, 47901 is bigger than 6% of ZIP codes — about 290 football fields.
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People and housing

Population4,585This ZIP4,585
Households2,774This ZIP2,774
Housing units2,959This ZIP2,959
Median age30.5This ZIP30.5Indiana38.1US 38.9
Median household income$47,206This ZIP$47,206Indiana$71,957US $80,734
Median home value$256,500This ZIP$256,500Indiana$218,200US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,036This ZIP$1,036Indiana$1,062US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher56.0%This ZIP56.0%
Mean commute16.7 minThis ZIP16.7 min
Population density7,641.7 / sq miThis ZIP7,641.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments328This ZIP328
Employees3,571This ZIP3,571
Annual payroll$157,502,000This ZIP$157,502,000
Tax returns filed1,790This ZIP1,790
Total adjusted gross income$100,118,000This ZIP$100,118,000

Land area

Land area0.60 sq miThis ZIP0.60 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Other place names in 47901

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

ZIP codes near 47901

ZIPCityDistance
47907 West Lafayette, IN 1.3 mi
47904 Lafayette, IN 1.6 mi
47902 Lafayette, IN 2.0 mi
47996 West Lafayette, IN 2.0 mi
47909 Lafayette, IN 6.5 mi
47905 Lafayette, IN 6.6 mi
47906 West Lafayette, IN 6.8 mi
47941 Dayton, IN 6.9 mi
47962 Montmorenci, IN 8.2 mi
47924 Buck Creek, IN 8.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47901?

47901 is in Lafayette, Indiana, in Tippecanoe County, part of the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.4178, -86.8896.

What county is 47901 in?

47901 lies in Tippecanoe County.

What area code is 47901?

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

What time zone is 47901 in?

47901 uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis.

How many people live in 47901?

About 4,585 people live in ZIP code 47901, in 2,774 households, at 7,641.7 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 47901?

$47,206 a year, against $71,957 across Indiana.

What ZIP codes are near 47901?

The closest are 47907 (1.3 mi), 47904 (1.6 mi), 47902 (2 mi), 47996 (2 mi) and 47909 (6.5 mi).

Is 47901 a PO Box ZIP code?

47901 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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