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60020

ZIP 60020 is Fox Lake, Illinois, mostly in Lake County; area codes 224 and 847; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lake +1 more
Population
10,970
Coordinates
42.3949, -88.1741
☼ Live from 60020 — Fox Lake, IL

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Where 60020 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 60020
  • 🔢 Type 60020 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZOOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,020 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 3001. Its digits add up to 8, a total 251 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101001110100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60019 (Des Plaines, IL, 29 mi away) and 60021 (Fox River Grove, IL, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60020 becomes 02006, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00602, 02060, 06002, 06020, 20006, 20060, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00602 in Aguada, PR, 2,067 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
  • 🎯570 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60020 and you would come out at 42.39°S, 91.83°E — 1,140 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 04m.
  • 📏 At 4.7 square miles of land, 60020 is bigger than 18% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.6 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population10,970This ZIP10,970
Households5,120This ZIP5,120
Housing units5,773This ZIP5,773
Median age44.8This ZIP44.8Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$73,949This ZIP$73,949Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$226,200This ZIP$226,200Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,221This ZIP$1,221Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher29.7%This ZIP29.7%
Mean commute35.3 minThis ZIP35.3 min
Population density2,328.6 / sq miThis ZIP2,328.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments250This ZIP250
Employees2,216This ZIP2,216
Annual payroll$102,186,000This ZIP$102,186,000
Tax returns filed5,720This ZIP5,720
Total adjusted gross income$433,752,000This ZIP$433,752,000

Land area

Land area4.71 sq miThis ZIP4.71 sq mi
Water area3.68 sq miThis ZIP3.68 sq mi

Counties 60020 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Lake County 99.1%
McHenry County 0.9%

Other place names in 60020

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ZIP codes near 60020

ZIPCityDistance
60041 Ingleside, IL 2.0 mi
60051 Mchenry, IL 3.9 mi
60073 Round Lake, IL 4.6 mi
60081 Spring Grove, IL 4.6 mi
60046 Lake Villa, IL 5.7 mi
60002 Antioch, IL 6.4 mi
60072 Ringwood, IL 6.8 mi
60050 Mchenry, IL 7.6 mi
60030 Grayslake, IL 7.7 mi
60042 Island Lake, IL 8.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60020?

60020 is in Fox Lake, Illinois, in Lake County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.3949, -88.1741.

What county is 60020 in?

60020 spans 2 counties: Lake County and McHenry County. Most of it falls in Lake 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 60020?

Fox Lake uses area codes 224 and 847, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 60020 in?

60020 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 60020?

About 10,970 people live in ZIP code 60020, in 5,120 households, at 2,328.6 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 60020?

$73,949 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 60020?

The closest are 60041 (2 mi), 60051 (3.9 mi), 60073 (4.6 mi), 60081 (4.6 mi) and 60046 (5.7 mi).

Is 60020 a PO Box ZIP code?

60020 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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