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47909

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

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
County
Tippecanoe
Population
43,561
Coordinates
40.3246, -86.8963
☼ Live from 47909 — Lafayette, IN

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Where 47909 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 47909
  • 🔢 Type 47909 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOGLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 47,909 = 23 × 2083. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011101100100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47907 (West Lafayette, IN, 7 mi away) and 47916 (Alamo, IN, 25 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47909 becomes 90974, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04979, 09497, 09749, 40979, 40997, 47990, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09749 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,070 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 52%.
  • 🎯618 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 47909 and you would come out at 40.32°S, 93.10°E — 1,276 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 17m.
  • 📏 At 118.0 square miles of land, 47909 is bigger than 82% of ZIP codes — room for about 90 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population43,561This ZIP43,561
Households18,168This ZIP18,168
Housing units18,802This ZIP18,802
Median age34.3This ZIP34.3Indiana38.1US 38.9
Median household income$68,035This ZIP$68,035Indiana$71,957US $80,734
Median home value$222,800This ZIP$222,800Indiana$218,200US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,127This ZIP$1,127Indiana$1,062US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher31.8%This ZIP31.8%
Mean commute18.0 minThis ZIP18.0 min
Population density369.1 / sq miThis ZIP369.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments540This ZIP540
Employees7,844This ZIP7,844
Annual payroll$335,649,000This ZIP$335,649,000
Tax returns filed21,210This ZIP21,210
Total adjusted gross income$1,395,626,000This ZIP$1,395,626,000

Land area

Land area118.02 sq miThis ZIP118.02 sq mi
Water area0.43 sq miThis ZIP0.43 sq mi

Other place names in 47909

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ZIP codes near 47909

ZIPCityDistance
47903 Lafayette, IN 4.0 mi
47902 Lafayette, IN 4.4 mi
47996 West Lafayette, IN 4.4 mi
47981 Romney, IN 5.7 mi
47901 Lafayette, IN 6.5 mi
47907 West Lafayette, IN 6.8 mi
47983 Stockwell, IN 7.0 mi
47941 Dayton, IN 7.5 mi
47904 Lafayette, IN 8.0 mi
47992 Westpoint, IN 8.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47909?

47909 is in Lafayette, Indiana, in Tippecanoe County, part of the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.3246, -86.8963.

What county is 47909 in?

47909 lies in Tippecanoe County.

What area code is 47909?

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

What time zone is 47909 in?

47909 uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis.

How many people live in 47909?

About 43,561 people live in ZIP code 47909, in 18,168 households, at 369.1 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 47909?

$68,035 a year, against $71,957 across Indiana.

What ZIP codes are near 47909?

The closest are 47903 (4 mi), 47902 (4.4 mi), 47996 (4.4 mi), 47981 (5.7 mi) and 47901 (6.5 mi).

Is 47909 a PO Box ZIP code?

47909 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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