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47990

ZIP 47990 is Waynetown, Indiana, mostly in Montgomery County; area code 765; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
County
Montgomery +1 more
Metro area
Crawfordsville, IN
Population
1,374
Coordinates
40.0612, -87.0595
☼ Live from 47990 — Waynetown, IN

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Where 47990 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 47990
  • 🔢 Type 47990 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OGGLh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 47,990 = 2 × 5 × 4799. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011101101110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 47989 (Waveland, IN, 12 mi away) and 47991 (West Lebanon, IN, 25 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 47990 becomes 09974, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04979, 09497, 09749, 40979, 40997, 47909, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09749 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,089 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 51%.
  • 🎯610 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 47990 and you would come out at 40.06°S, 92.94°E — 1,280 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 19m.
  • 📏 At 44.5 square miles of land, 47990 is bigger than 56% of ZIP codes — room for about 34 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,374This ZIP1,374
Households546This ZIP546
Housing units592This ZIP592
Median age33.8This ZIP33.8Indiana38.1US 38.9
Median household income$63,198This ZIP$63,198Indiana$71,957US $80,734
Median home value$119,600This ZIP$119,600Indiana$218,200US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,116This ZIP$1,116Indiana$1,062US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.9%This ZIP13.9%
Mean commute26.1 minThis ZIP26.1 min
Population density30.8 / sq miThis ZIP30.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments29This ZIP29
Employees119This ZIP119
Annual payroll$3,645,000This ZIP$3,645,000
Tax returns filed850This ZIP850
Total adjusted gross income$49,539,000This ZIP$49,539,000

Land area

Land area44.54 sq miThis ZIP44.54 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Counties 47990 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Montgomery County 90.7%
Fountain County 9.3%

Other place names in 47990

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

ZIP codes near 47990

ZIPCityDistance
47949 Hillsboro, IN 4.1 mi
47916 Alamo, IN 5.4 mi
47988 Wallace, IN 7.0 mi
47994 Wingate, IN 8.5 mi
47933 Crawfordsville, IN 8.5 mi
47958 Mellott, IN 8.6 mi
47967 New Richmond, IN 9.7 mi
47987 Veedersburg, IN 10.2 mi
47965 New Market, IN 10.4 mi
47969 Newtown, IN 10.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 47990?

47990 is in Waynetown, Indiana, in Montgomery County, part of the Crawfordsville, IN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.0612, -87.0595.

What county is 47990 in?

47990 spans 2 counties: Montgomery County and Fountain 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 47990?

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

What time zone is 47990 in?

47990 uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis.

How many people live in 47990?

About 1,374 people live in ZIP code 47990, in 546 households, at 30.8 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 47990?

$63,198 a year, against $71,957 across Indiana.

What ZIP codes are near 47990?

The closest are 47949 (4.1 mi), 47916 (5.4 mi), 47988 (7 mi), 47994 (8.5 mi) and 47933 (8.5 mi).

Is 47990 a PO Box ZIP code?

47990 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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