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47977

ZIP 47977 is Remington, Indiana, mostly in Jasper County; area code 219; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Jasper +2 more
Population
2,616
Coordinates
40.7626, -87.1566
☼ Live from 47977 — Remington, IN

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Where 47977 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 47977
  • 🔢 Type 47977 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LLGLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 47977 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 34, a total 322 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011101101101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47975 (Pine Village, IN, 23 mi away) and 47978 (Rensselaer, IN, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47977 becomes 77974 — and that is a real ZIP code: Meyersville, TX, 1,000 miles away.
  • 👥 5 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (49777, 77479, 77497, 77974, 97477). The farthest-flung twin is 97477 in Springfield, OR, 1,829 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 51%.
  • 🎯605 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 47977 and you would come out at 40.76°S, 92.84°E — 1,247 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 86.8 square miles of land, 47977 is bigger than 74% of ZIP codes — room for about 66 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,616This ZIP2,616
Households1,028This ZIP1,028
Housing units1,106This ZIP1,106
Median age45.5This ZIP45.5Indiana38.1US 38.9
Median household income$80,000This ZIP$80,000Indiana$71,957US $80,734
Median home value$167,100This ZIP$167,100Indiana$218,200US $332,700
Median gross rent$823This ZIP$823Indiana$1,062US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher21.0%This ZIP21.0%
Mean commute21.8 minThis ZIP21.8 min
Population density30.1 / sq miThis ZIP30.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments89This ZIP89
Employees1,785This ZIP1,785
Annual payroll$99,234,000This ZIP$99,234,000
Tax returns filed1,080This ZIP1,080
Total adjusted gross income$102,061,000This ZIP$102,061,000

Land area

Land area86.82 sq miThis ZIP86.82 sq mi
Water area0.10 sq miThis ZIP0.10 sq mi

Counties 47977 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Jasper County 61.5%
Benton County 35.7%
White County 2.8%

Other place names in 47977

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ZIP codes near 47977

ZIPCityDistance
47995 Wolcott, IN 6.6 mi
47948 Goodland, IN 6.9 mi
47922 Brook, IN 12.8 mi
47980 Reynolds, IN 13.0 mi
47944 Fowler, IN 13.9 mi
47929 Chalmers, IN 14.3 mi
47959 Monon, IN 15.1 mi
47964 Mount Ayr, IN 15.1 mi
47951 Kentland, IN 15.1 mi
47923 Brookston, IN 15.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47977?

47977 is in Remington, Indiana, in Jasper County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7626, -87.1566.

What county is 47977 in?

47977 spans 3 counties: Jasper County, Benton County and White County. Most of it falls in Jasper 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 47977?

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

What time zone is 47977 in?

47977 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 47977?

About 2,616 people live in ZIP code 47977, in 1,028 households, at 30.1 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 47977?

$80,000 a year, against $71,957 across Indiana.

What ZIP codes are near 47977?

The closest are 47995 (6.6 mi), 47948 (6.9 mi), 47922 (12.8 mi), 47980 (13 mi) and 47944 (13.9 mi).

Is 47977 a PO Box ZIP code?

47977 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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