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60031

ZIP 60031 is Gurnee, Illinois, in Lake County; area codes 224 and 847; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lake
Population
37,107
Coordinates
42.3732, -87.9397
☼ Live from 60031 — Gurnee, IL

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Where 60031 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 60031
  • 🔢 Type 60031 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IEOOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,031 = 173 × 347. Its digits add up to 10, a total 513 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101001111111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60030 (Grayslake, IL, 6 mi away) and 60033 (Harvard, IL, 34 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60031 becomes 13006, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00613, 00631, 01036, 01063, 01360, 01603, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00631 in Castaner, PR, 2,080 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 50%.
  • 🎯581 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60031 and you would come out at 42.37°S, 92.06°E — 1,151 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 19.0 square miles of land, 60031 is bigger than 37% of ZIP codes — room for about 14 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population37,107This ZIP37,107
Households14,307This ZIP14,307
Housing units14,701This ZIP14,701
Median age40.4This ZIP40.4Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$111,034This ZIP$111,034Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$335,100This ZIP$335,100Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,657This ZIP$1,657Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher56.2%This ZIP56.2%
Mean commute28.9 minThis ZIP28.9 min
Population density1,950.9 / sq miThis ZIP1,950.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,288This ZIP1,288
Employees20,055This ZIP20,055
Annual payroll$994,465,000This ZIP$994,465,000
Tax returns filed19,400This ZIP19,400
Total adjusted gross income$1,958,282,000This ZIP$1,958,282,000

Land area

Land area19.02 sq miThis ZIP19.02 sq mi
Water area0.29 sq miThis ZIP0.29 sq mi

Other place names in 60031

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

ZIP codes near 60031

ZIPCityDistance
60085 Waukegan, IL 4.2 mi
60083 Wadsworth, IL 4.4 mi
60087 Waukegan, IL 4.9 mi
60079 Waukegan, IL 4.9 mi
60064 North Chicago, IL 5.2 mi
60048 Libertyville, IL 5.6 mi
60030 Grayslake, IL 6.1 mi
60088 Great Lakes, IL 6.6 mi
60046 Lake Villa, IL 7.1 mi
60099 Zion, IL 7.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60031?

60031 is in Gurnee, Illinois, in Lake County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.3732, -87.9397.

What county is 60031 in?

60031 lies in Lake County.

What area code is 60031?

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

What time zone is 60031 in?

60031 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 60031?

About 37,107 people live in ZIP code 60031, in 14,307 households, at 1,950.9 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 60031?

$111,034 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 60031?

The closest are 60085 (4.2 mi), 60083 (4.4 mi), 60087 (4.9 mi), 60079 (4.9 mi) and 60064 (5.2 mi).

Is 60031 a PO Box ZIP code?

60031 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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