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47940

ZIP 47940 is Darlington, Indiana, in Montgomery County; area code 765; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
County
Montgomery
Metro area
Crawfordsville, IN
Population
1,421
Coordinates
40.1175, -86.7447
☼ Live from 47940 — Darlington, IN

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Where 47940 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 47940
  • 🔢 Type 47940 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhGLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 47,940 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 17 × 47. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011101101000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47933 (Crawfordsville, IN, 10 mi away) and 47941 (Dayton, IN, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47940 becomes 04974 — and that is a real ZIP code: Searsport, ME, 957 miles away.
  • 👥 22 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04479, 04497, 04947, 04974, 09447, 44097, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09447 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,952 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 52%.
  • 🎯627 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 47940 and you would come out at 40.12°S, 93.26°E — 1,291 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 02m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 19m.
  • 📏 At 41.2 square miles of land, 47940 is bigger than 54% of ZIP codes — room for about 31 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,421This ZIP1,421
Households563This ZIP563
Housing units616This ZIP616
Median age43.1This ZIP43.1Indiana38.1US 38.9
Median household income$70,711This ZIP$70,711Indiana$71,957US $80,734
Median home value$152,100This ZIP$152,100Indiana$218,200US $332,700
Median gross rent$784This ZIP$784Indiana$1,062US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.0%This ZIP19.0%
Mean commute25.1 minThis ZIP25.1 min
Population density34.5 / sq miThis ZIP34.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments15This ZIP15
Employees57This ZIP57
Annual payroll$2,854,000This ZIP$2,854,000
Tax returns filed730This ZIP730
Total adjusted gross income$45,593,000This ZIP$45,593,000

Land area

Land area41.22 sq miThis ZIP41.22 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 47940

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

ZIP codes near 47940

ZIPCityDistance
46035 Colfax, IN 6.1 mi
46071 Thorntown, IN 7.2 mi
47930 Clarks Hill, IN 8.3 mi
47955 Linden, IN 8.3 mi
47933 Crawfordsville, IN 10.0 mi
46102 Advance, IN 10.7 mi
47968 New Ross, IN 10.9 mi
47983 Stockwell, IN 11.8 mi
46147 Jamestown, IN 12.0 mi
47903 Lafayette, IN 13.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47940?

47940 is in Darlington, Indiana, in Montgomery County, part of the Crawfordsville, IN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.1175, -86.7447.

What county is 47940 in?

47940 lies in Montgomery County.

What area code is 47940?

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

What time zone is 47940 in?

47940 uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis.

How many people live in 47940?

About 1,421 people live in ZIP code 47940, in 563 households, at 34.5 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 47940?

$70,711 a year, against $71,957 across Indiana.

What ZIP codes are near 47940?

The closest are 46035 (6.1 mi), 46071 (7.2 mi), 47930 (8.3 mi), 47955 (8.3 mi) and 47933 (10 mi).

Is 47940 a PO Box ZIP code?

47940 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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