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47943

ZIP 47943 is Fair Oaks, Indiana, mostly in Newton County; area code 219; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Newton +1 more
Population
992
Coordinates
41.0644, -87.2838
☼ Live from 47943 — Fair Oaks, IN

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Where 47943 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 47943
  • 🔢 Type 47943 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EhGLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 47,943 = 3 × 3 × 7 × 761. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011101101000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47942 (Earl Park, IN, 27 mi away) and 47944 (Fowler, IN, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47943 becomes 34974 — and that is a real ZIP code: Okeechobee, FL, 1,027 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34479, 34749, 34947, 34974, 39474, 39744, …). The farthest-flung twin is 93447 in Paso Robles, CA, 1,834 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 51%.
  • 🎯600 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 47943 and you would come out at 41.06°S, 92.72°E — 1,229 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 08m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 13m.
  • 📏 At 66.3 square miles of land, 47943 is bigger than 67% of ZIP codes — room for about 50 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population992This ZIP992
Households378This ZIP378
Housing units396This ZIP396
Median age41.5This ZIP41.5Indiana38.1US 38.9
Median household income$77,857This ZIP$77,857Indiana$71,957US $80,734
Median home value$348,200This ZIP$348,200Indiana$218,200US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher8.1%This ZIP8.1%
Mean commute32.3 minThis ZIP32.3 min
Population density15.0 / sq miThis ZIP15.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments16This ZIP16
Employees407This ZIP407
Annual payroll$15,262,000This ZIP$15,262,000
Tax returns filed480This ZIP480
Total adjusted gross income$33,036,000This ZIP$33,036,000

Land area

Land area66.33 sq miThis ZIP66.33 sq mi
Water area0.06 sq miThis ZIP0.06 sq mi

Counties 47943 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Newton County 54.9%
Jasper County 45.1%

ZIP codes near 47943

ZIPCityDistance
46372 Roselawn, IN 5.8 mi
47964 Mount Ayr, IN 7.8 mi
46349 Lake Village, IN 8.0 mi
46381 Thayer, IN 8.2 mi
46310 Demotte, IN 8.4 mi
46377 Shelby, IN 9.6 mi
46379 Sumava Resorts, IN 9.9 mi
47978 Rensselaer, IN 10.4 mi
47963 Morocco, IN 10.5 mi
46376 Schneider, IN 13.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47943?

47943 is in Fair Oaks, Indiana, in Newton County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.0644, -87.2838.

What county is 47943 in?

47943 spans 2 counties: Newton County and Jasper County. Most of it falls in Newton 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 47943?

Fair Oaks uses area code 219, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 47943 in?

47943 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 47943?

About 992 people live in ZIP code 47943, in 378 households, at 15.0 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 47943?

$77,857 a year, against $71,957 across Indiana.

What ZIP codes are near 47943?

The closest are 46372 (5.8 mi), 47964 (7.8 mi), 46349 (8 mi), 46381 (8.2 mi) and 46310 (8.4 mi).

Is 47943 a PO Box ZIP code?

47943 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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