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47906

ZIP 47906 is in West Lafayette, Indiana, mostly in Tippecanoe County; area code 765; Eastern time. West Lafayette has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 47907 and 47996.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
County
Tippecanoe +2 more
Population
75,198
Coordinates
40.4796, -86.9892
☼ Live from 47906 — West Lafayette, IN

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Where 47906 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 47906
  • 🔢 Type 47906 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOGLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 47,906 = 2 × 17 × 1409. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011101100100010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47905 (Lafayette, IN, 13 mi away) and 47907 (West Lafayette, IN, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47906 becomes 60974 — and that is a real ZIP code: Woodland, IL, 42 miles away.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04679, 04769, 04967, 04976, 06479, 06749, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96407 in APO AA, a military post office, 8,206 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 61% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 51%.
  • 🎯613 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 47906 and you would come out at 40.48°S, 93.01°E — 1,265 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 16m.
  • 📏 At 133.6 square miles of land, 47906 is bigger than 84% of ZIP codes — room for about 101 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population75,198This ZIP75,198
Households27,234This ZIP27,234
Housing units29,603This ZIP29,603
Median age22.3This ZIP22.3Indiana38.1US 38.9
Median household income$53,103This ZIP$53,103Indiana$71,957US $80,734
Median home value$323,200This ZIP$323,200Indiana$218,200US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,217This ZIP$1,217Indiana$1,062US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher63.9%This ZIP63.9%
Mean commute17.2 minThis ZIP17.2 min
Population density563.0 / sq miThis ZIP563.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments918This ZIP918
Employees14,179This ZIP14,179
Annual payroll$655,199,000This ZIP$655,199,000
Tax returns filed22,450This ZIP22,450
Total adjusted gross income$2,148,891,000This ZIP$2,148,891,000

Land area

Land area133.58 sq miThis ZIP133.58 sq mi
Water area1.73 sq miThis ZIP1.73 sq mi

Counties 47906 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Tippecanoe County 92.7%
White County 4.0%
Warren County 3.4%

Other place names in 47906

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

ZIP codes near 47906

ZIPCityDistance
47962 Montmorenci, IN 2.1 mi
47907 West Lafayette, IN 5.6 mi
47904 Lafayette, IN 6.6 mi
47901 Lafayette, IN 6.8 mi
47970 Otterbein, IN 6.8 mi
47902 Lafayette, IN 8.0 mi
47996 West Lafayette, IN 8.0 mi
47920 Battle Ground, IN 9.2 mi
47923 Brookston, IN 9.4 mi
47992 Westpoint, IN 11.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47906?

47906 is in West Lafayette, Indiana, in Tippecanoe County, part of the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.4796, -86.9892.

What county is 47906 in?

47906 spans 3 counties: Tippecanoe County, White County and Warren County. Most of it falls in Tippecanoe 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 47906?

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

What time zone is 47906 in?

47906 uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis.

How many people live in 47906?

About 75,198 people live in ZIP code 47906, in 27,234 households, at 563.0 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 47906?

$53,103 a year, against $71,957 across Indiana.

What ZIP codes are near 47906?

The closest are 47962 (2.1 mi), 47907 (5.6 mi), 47904 (6.6 mi), 47901 (6.8 mi) and 47970 (6.8 mi).

Is 47906 a PO Box ZIP code?

47906 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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