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60046

ZIP 60046 is Lake Villa, Illinois, in Lake County; area codes 224 and 847; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lake
Population
34,613
Coordinates
42.4160, -88.0654
☼ Live from 60046 — Lake Villa, IL

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Where 60046 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 60046
  • 🔢 Type 60046 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ghOOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,046 = 2 × 7 × 4289. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101010001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60045 (Lake Forest, IL, 16 mi away) and 60047 (Lake Zurich, IL, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60046 becomes 64006, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00646, 00664, 04066, 04606, 04660, 06064, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00664 in Jayuya, PR, 2,093 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
  • 🎯575 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60046 and you would come out at 42.42°S, 91.93°E — 1,144 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 23.0 square miles of land, 60046 is bigger than 40% of ZIP codes — room for about 17 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population34,613This ZIP34,613
Households12,064This ZIP12,064
Housing units12,389This ZIP12,389
Median age38.4This ZIP38.4Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$126,042This ZIP$126,042Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$308,100This ZIP$308,100Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,655This ZIP$1,655Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher45.7%This ZIP45.7%
Mean commute34.3 minThis ZIP34.3 min
Population density1,507.8 / sq miThis ZIP1,507.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments574This ZIP574
Employees4,048This ZIP4,048
Annual payroll$206,838,000This ZIP$206,838,000
Tax returns filed17,450This ZIP17,450
Total adjusted gross income$1,737,447,000This ZIP$1,737,447,000

Land area

Land area22.96 sq miThis ZIP22.96 sq mi
Water area3.22 sq miThis ZIP3.22 sq mi

Other place names in 60046

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

ZIP codes near 60046

ZIPCityDistance
60002 Antioch, IL 3.8 mi
60073 Round Lake, IL 4.7 mi
60041 Ingleside, IL 5.5 mi
60030 Grayslake, IL 5.6 mi
60020 Fox Lake, IL 5.7 mi
53102 Benet Lake, WI 5.9 mi
60083 Wadsworth, IL 6.1 mi
60031 Gurnee, IL 7.1 mi
53179 Trevor, WI 7.5 mi
60081 Spring Grove, IL 8.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60046?

60046 is in Lake Villa, Illinois, in Lake County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.4160, -88.0654.

What county is 60046 in?

60046 lies in Lake County.

What area code is 60046?

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

What time zone is 60046 in?

60046 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 60046?

About 34,613 people live in ZIP code 60046, in 12,064 households, at 1,507.8 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 60046?

$126,042 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 60046?

The closest are 60002 (3.8 mi), 60073 (4.7 mi), 60041 (5.5 mi), 60030 (5.6 mi) and 60020 (5.7 mi).

Is 60046 a PO Box ZIP code?

60046 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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