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47981

ZIP 47981 is Romney, Indiana, mostly in Tippecanoe County; area code 765; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
County
Tippecanoe +1 more
Population
707
Coordinates
40.2515, -86.9447
☼ Live from 47981 — Romney, IN

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Where 47981 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 47981
  • 🔢 Type 47981 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IBGLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 47981 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011101101101101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47980 (Reynolds, IN, 35 mi away) and 47982 (State Line, IN, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47981 becomes 18974 — and that is a real ZIP code: Warminster, PA, 626 miles away.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14879, 14897, 17948, 18947, 18974, 19478, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97481 in Tenmile, OR, 1,885 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 51%.
  • 🎯616 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 47981 and you would come out at 40.25°S, 93.06°E — 1,277 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 18m.
  • 📏 At 34.6 square miles of land, 47981 is bigger than 49% of ZIP codes — room for about 26 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population707This ZIP707
Households249This ZIP249
Housing units282This ZIP282
Median age38.5This ZIP38.5Indiana38.1US 38.9
Median household income$86,023This ZIP$86,023Indiana$71,957US $80,734
Median home value$170,700This ZIP$170,700Indiana$218,200US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher20.4%This ZIP20.4%
Mean commute33.5 minThis ZIP33.5 min
Population density20.4 / sq miThis ZIP20.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments12This ZIP12
Employees31This ZIP31
Annual payroll$1,173,000This ZIP$1,173,000
Tax returns filed430This ZIP430
Total adjusted gross income$31,437,000This ZIP$31,437,000

Land area

Land area34.63 sq miThis ZIP34.63 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Counties 47981 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Tippecanoe County 98.2%
Montgomery County 1.8%

Other place names in 47981

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

ZIP codes near 47981

ZIPCityDistance
47967 New Richmond, IN 4.9 mi
47909 Lafayette, IN 5.7 mi
47955 Linden, IN 5.7 mi
47992 Westpoint, IN 7.2 mi
47903 Lafayette, IN 7.3 mi
47994 Wingate, IN 8.7 mi
47983 Stockwell, IN 9.3 mi
47902 Lafayette, IN 9.8 mi
47996 West Lafayette, IN 9.8 mi
47930 Clarks Hill, IN 10.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47981?

47981 is in Romney, Indiana, in Tippecanoe County, part of the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.2515, -86.9447.

What county is 47981 in?

47981 spans 2 counties: Tippecanoe County and Montgomery County. Most of it falls in Tippecanoe 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 47981?

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

What time zone is 47981 in?

47981 uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis.

How many people live in 47981?

About 707 people live in ZIP code 47981, in 249 households, at 20.4 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 47981?

$86,023 a year, against $71,957 across Indiana.

What ZIP codes are near 47981?

The closest are 47967 (4.9 mi), 47909 (5.7 mi), 47955 (5.7 mi), 47992 (7.2 mi) and 47903 (7.3 mi).

Is 47981 a PO Box ZIP code?

47981 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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