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60017

ZIP 60017 is in Des Plaines, Illinois, in Cook County; area codes 224 and 847; Central time. Des Plaines has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 60016, 60018 and 60019.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cook
Coordinates
42.0288, -87.8944

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 60018, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 60017 is

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 60017
  • 🔢 Type 60017 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIOOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 60017 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101001110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60016 (Des Plaines, IL, 2 mi away) and 60018 (Des Plaines, IL, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60017 becomes 71006 — and that is a real ZIP code: Benton, LA, 716 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00617, 00716, 01607, 01760, 06071, 06107, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00716 in Ponce, PR, 2,081 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 50%.
  • 🎯578 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60017 and you would come out at 42.03°S, 92.11°E — 1,166 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 07m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees170This ZIP170
Annual payroll$15,340,000This ZIP$15,340,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 60017

ZIPCityDistance
60019 Des Plaines, IL 0.7 mi
60016 Des Plaines, IL 1.7 mi
60068 Park Ridge, IL 2.8 mi
60056 Mount Prospect, IL 3.3 mi
60018 Des Plaines, IL 3.4 mi
60009 Elk Grove Village, IL 4.3 mi
60714 Niles, IL 4.3 mi
60631 Chicago, IL 4.8 mi
60176 Schiller Park, IL 5.0 mi
60656 Chicago, IL 5.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60017?

60017 is in Des Plaines, Illinois, in Cook County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.0288, -87.8944.

What county is 60017 in?

60017 lies in Cook County.

What area code is 60017?

Des Plaines uses area codes 224 and 847, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 60017 in?

60017 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 60017?

The closest are 60019 (0.7 mi), 60016 (1.7 mi), 60068 (2.8 mi), 60056 (3.3 mi) and 60018 (3.4 mi).

Is 60017 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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