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47978

ZIP 47978 is Rensselaer, Indiana, mostly in Jasper County; area code 219; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Jasper +2 more
Population
10,261
Coordinates
40.9862, -87.1130
☼ Live from 47978 — Rensselaer, IN

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Where 47978 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 47978
  • 🔢 Type 47978 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLGLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 47,978 = 2 × 7 × 23 × 149. Its digits add up to 35, a total 212 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011101101101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47977 (Remington, IN, 16 mi away) and 47980 (Reynolds, IN, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47978 becomes 87974, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (47879, 47987, 49877, 77489, 77498, 77984, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97487 in Veneta, OR, 1,845 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 51%.
  • 🎯608 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 47978 and you would come out at 40.99°S, 92.89°E — 1,240 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 13m.
  • 📏 At 263.7 square miles of land, 47978 is bigger than 94% of ZIP codes — room for about 200 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population10,261This ZIP10,261
Households3,959This ZIP3,959
Housing units4,309This ZIP4,309
Median age38.1This ZIP38.1Indiana38.1US 38.9
Median household income$71,616This ZIP$71,616Indiana$71,957US $80,734
Median home value$189,200This ZIP$189,200Indiana$218,200US $332,700
Median gross rent$936This ZIP$936Indiana$1,062US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.2%This ZIP19.2%
Mean commute25.2 minThis ZIP25.2 min
Population density38.9 / sq miThis ZIP38.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments313This ZIP313
Employees3,585This ZIP3,585
Annual payroll$188,289,000This ZIP$188,289,000
Tax returns filed5,210This ZIP5,210
Total adjusted gross income$333,114,000This ZIP$333,114,000

Land area

Land area263.74 sq miThis ZIP263.74 sq mi
Water area0.24 sq miThis ZIP0.24 sq mi

Counties 47978 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Jasper County 96.5%
Newton County 2.3%
White County 1.1%

Other place names in 47978

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ZIP codes near 47978

ZIPCityDistance
47964 Mount Ayr, IN 10.0 mi
47943 Fair Oaks, IN 10.4 mi
47946 Francesville, IN 12.7 mi
46392 Wheatfield, IN 13.6 mi
47959 Monon, IN 14.0 mi
47957 Medaryville, IN 14.2 mi
47922 Brook, IN 14.4 mi
46310 Demotte, IN 14.7 mi
46372 Roselawn, IN 15.4 mi
47977 Remington, IN 15.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47978?

47978 is in Rensselaer, Indiana, in Jasper County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.9862, -87.1130.

What county is 47978 in?

47978 spans 3 counties: Jasper County, Newton 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 47978?

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

What time zone is 47978 in?

47978 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 47978?

About 10,261 people live in ZIP code 47978, in 3,959 households, at 38.9 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 47978?

$71,616 a year, against $71,957 across Indiana.

What ZIP codes are near 47978?

The closest are 47964 (10 mi), 47943 (10.4 mi), 47946 (12.7 mi), 46392 (13.6 mi) and 47959 (14 mi).

Is 47978 a PO Box ZIP code?

47978 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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