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60047

ZIP 60047 is Lake Zurich, Illinois, in Lake County; area codes 847 and 224; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lake
Population
44,240
Coordinates
42.2016, -88.0463
☼ Live from 60047 — Lake Zurich, IL

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Where 60047 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 60047
  • 🔢 Type 60047 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LhOOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,047 = 13 × 31 × 149. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101010001111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60046 (Lake Villa, IL, 15 mi away) and 60048 (Libertyville, IL, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60047 becomes 74006 — and that is a real ZIP code: Bartlesville, OK, 564 miles away.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00647, 00674, 04076, 04607, 04760, 06074, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00647 in Ensenada, PR, 2,084 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
  • 🎯573 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60047 and you would come out at 42.20°S, 91.95°E — 1,152 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 16m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 05m.
  • 📏 At 34.9 square miles of land, 60047 is bigger than 49% of ZIP codes — room for about 26 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population44,240This ZIP44,240
Households15,581This ZIP15,581
Housing units15,972This ZIP15,972
Median age42.6This ZIP42.6Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$176,081This ZIP$176,081Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$541,300This ZIP$541,300Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,930This ZIP$1,930Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher67.6%This ZIP67.6%
Mean commute31.4 minThis ZIP31.4 min
Population density1,268.6 / sq miThis ZIP1,268.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,622This ZIP1,622
Employees23,400This ZIP23,400
Annual payroll$1,528,440,000This ZIP$1,528,440,000
Tax returns filed21,110This ZIP21,110
Total adjusted gross income$4,324,860,000This ZIP$4,324,860,000

Land area

Land area34.87 sq miThis ZIP34.87 sq mi
Water area1.38 sq miThis ZIP1.38 sq mi

Other place names in 60047

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

ZIP codes near 60047

ZIPCityDistance
60060 Mundelein, IL 4.8 mi
60089 Buffalo Grove, IL 4.8 mi
60074 Palatine, IL 5.0 mi
60061 Vernon Hills, IL 5.0 mi
60069 Lincolnshire, IL 6.3 mi
60078 Palatine, IL 6.3 mi
60094 Palatine, IL 6.3 mi
60095 Palatine, IL 6.3 mi
60067 Palatine, IL 6.5 mi
60084 Wauconda, IL 6.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60047?

60047 is in Lake Zurich, Illinois, in Lake County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.2016, -88.0463.

What county is 60047 in?

60047 lies in Lake County.

What area code is 60047?

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

What time zone is 60047 in?

60047 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 60047?

About 44,240 people live in ZIP code 60047, in 15,581 households, at 1,268.6 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 60047?

$176,081 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 60047?

The closest are 60060 (4.8 mi), 60089 (4.8 mi), 60074 (5 mi), 60061 (5 mi) and 60069 (6.3 mi).

Is 60047 a PO Box ZIP code?

60047 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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