60006

ZIP 60006 is in Arlington Heights, Illinois, in Cook County; area codes 224 and 847; Central time. Arlington Heights has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 60004 and 60005.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/Chicago
County: Cook
Metro area: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
Coordinates: 42.0884, -87.9806

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 60004, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 60006

🔢 Type 60006 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOOOg — not quite a word, sorry.
⇆60006 reads the same backwards. It is one of only 412 palindromic ZIP codes.
➕ As a number, 60,006 = 2 × 3 × 73 × 137. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101001100110
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60005 (Arlington Heights, IL, 2 mi away) and 60007 (Elk Grove Village, IL, 5 mi away).
👥 5 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00606, 00660, 06006, 06060, 60060). The farthest-flung twin is 00606 in Maricao, PR, 2,065 miles away.
🧭 Farther north than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 50%.
🎯574 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60006 and you would come out at 42.09°S, 92.02°E — 1,160 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
☀Longest day of the year: 15h 15m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 06m.

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Business establishments	13This ZIP13
Employees	36This ZIP36
Annual payroll	$6,173,000This ZIP$6,173,000

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ZIP codes near 60006

ZIP	City	Distance
`60005`	Arlington Heights, IL	1.7 mi
`60004`	Arlington Heights, IL	1.7 mi
`60038`	Palatine, IL	1.8 mi
`60055`	Palatine, IL	1.8 mi
`60008`	Rolling Meadows, IL	2.5 mi
`60056`	Mount Prospect, IL	2.8 mi
`60070`	Prospect Heights, IL	2.8 mi
`60078`	Palatine, IL	3.1 mi
`60094`	Palatine, IL	3.1 mi
`60095`	Palatine, IL	3.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60006?

60006 is in Arlington Heights, Illinois, in Cook County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.0884, -87.9806.

What county is 60006 in?

60006 lies in Cook County.

What area code is 60006?

Arlington Heights uses area codes 224 and 847, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 60006 in?

60006 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 60006?

The closest are 60005 (1.7 mi), 60004 (1.7 mi), 60038 (1.8 mi), 60055 (1.8 mi) and 60008 (2.5 mi).

Is 60006 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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