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47968

ZIP 47968 is New Ross, Indiana, mostly in Montgomery County; area code 765; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
County
Montgomery +2 more
Metro area
Crawfordsville, IN
Population
1,356
Coordinates
39.9595, -86.7500
☼ Live from 47968 — New Ross, IN

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Where 47968 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 47968
  • 🔢 Type 47968 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BgGLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 47,968 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 1499. Its digits add up to 34, a total 322 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011101101100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47967 (New Richmond, IN, 21 mi away) and 47969 (Newtown, IN, 27 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47968 becomes 86974, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (46789, 46798, 46897, 46978, 46987, 47869, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96847 in Honolulu, HI, 4,305 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 56% 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 47968 and you would come out at 39.96°S, 93.25°E — 1,297 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 20m.
  • 📏 At 26.1 square miles of land, 47968 is bigger than 43% of ZIP codes — room for about 20 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,356This ZIP1,356
Households491This ZIP491
Housing units500This ZIP500
Median age39.8This ZIP39.8Indiana38.1US 38.9
Median household income$83,242This ZIP$83,242Indiana$71,957US $80,734
Median home value$213,400This ZIP$213,400Indiana$218,200US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,069This ZIP$1,069Indiana$1,062US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.6%This ZIP19.6%
Mean commute24.2 minThis ZIP24.2 min
Population density52.0 / sq miThis ZIP52.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments18This ZIP18
Employees104This ZIP104
Annual payroll$3,667,000This ZIP$3,667,000
Tax returns filed450This ZIP450
Total adjusted gross income$35,786,000This ZIP$35,786,000

Land area

Land area26.05 sq miThis ZIP26.05 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Counties 47968 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Montgomery County 88.1%
Boone County 10.4%
Hendricks County 1.4%

Other place names in 47968

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ZIP codes near 47968

ZIPCityDistance
47954 Ladoga, IN 5.5 mi
46147 Jamestown, IN 6.8 mi
46102 Advance, IN 7.3 mi
47965 New Market, IN 9.0 mi
46165 North Salem, IN 9.6 mi
47933 Crawfordsville, IN 9.7 mi
46172 Roachdale, IN 9.8 mi
47940 Darlington, IN 10.9 mi
46149 Lizton, IN 11.6 mi
46071 Thorntown, IN 12.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47968?

47968 is in New Ross, Indiana, in Montgomery County, part of the Crawfordsville, IN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.9595, -86.7500.

What county is 47968 in?

47968 spans 3 counties: Montgomery County, Boone County and Hendricks County. Most of it falls in Montgomery 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 47968?

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

What time zone is 47968 in?

47968 uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis.

How many people live in 47968?

About 1,356 people live in ZIP code 47968, in 491 households, at 52.0 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 47968?

$83,242 a year, against $71,957 across Indiana.

What ZIP codes are near 47968?

The closest are 47954 (5.5 mi), 46147 (6.8 mi), 46102 (7.3 mi), 47965 (9 mi) and 46165 (9.6 mi).

Is 47968 a PO Box ZIP code?

47968 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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